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choker (necklace)

1

to flatter; to play up (to); to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to cater (to)

1

cleavage (between breasts)

1

to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind

1

vulgar; wanton

1

Sicily (Italy)

1

official language

1

intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view

3

to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)

1

color; colour; color; character; coloring (one's hair); dyeing

2

attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker

1

to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)

1

suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously

1

to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab

1

gentleman

1

anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway

1

seal

1

wax

2

bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans

4

high alert; a state of high alert; on alert

1

capable person; talented person; person with supernatural powers (in fiction); competent person; person with legal capacity

1

worst case

1

to make a blunder; to bungle; to mess up; to make a foolish mistake

1

late attendance; lateness; tardiness

3

rank; standing

1

most important

1

operation

1

pomade

1

to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

1

to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious

1

inspection; examination; survey

1

operation; calculation

1

to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

1

to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other

1

will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness

1

seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki); pit; orchestra; parquet

1

gallery (in a theatre); upper gallery; cheap seats; nosebleed section; the gods

2

paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living

1

classification

2

to show up; to appear; to turn up

2

schedule; program; calendar

3

Thomas Mann

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reserved seat

1

smoking a cigarette without holding it with one's fingers; holding a cigarette in one's mouth

1

little while; short time; (arch.) an hour; half-hour; half an hour

1

near at hand

1

raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning

1

to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to

1

opera

1

tradition; convention

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