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decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation

1

sharp; keen; acute

1

naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting

1

worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom

1

same generation; one's generation

1

same sex

1

friend; companion

1

secluded inner room

1

presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out

1

body

1

to lie down (and sleep); to go to bed (with an illness)

1

trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected

1

to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick

1

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

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to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

1

approval; endorsement

1

decoration; ornament; trimmings

3

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

1

to peek; to peep

1

true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses

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shudder; shiver; trembling with fear

1

to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)

1

to attract attention

1

to concern; to be related

1

various matters; everything

1

stay-at-home; homebody

1

study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount

2

to empty; to vacate; to evacuate

1

spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion

1

membrane; film

1

to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone

1

to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

1

to be choked; to be stifled; to be smothered

1

phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing

1

anything; whatever; whatever one likes

1

to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying

1

to pat (e.g. a dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle; to caress

1

to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs

1

to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)

1

to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get

2

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

2

absolute secrecy

1

to close (one's eyes); to shut

1

to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

2

sobbing; weeping; fit of crying

2

to escape from; to get out

1

to sniffle; to snivel

1

the ten fingers

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by all means; no matter what; at any rate

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