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to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

2

sound of the wind; voice of the wind

2

to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

2

to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother

1

spine (of a book)

1

historical novel

1

The Sword of Doom (1966 film)

1

complete set (of volumes); every volume; whole volume; whole film; whole reel

1

old-fashioned; antiquated; anachronistic

1

reading aloud; recitation

6

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

12

to fade; to become dim

2

to rock; to shake; to swing

1

professional

4

point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; field inspection (e.g. in architecture, building)

2

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

3

Manchuria; Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)

2

broadcasting station; broadcaster

2

half-moon; half a month; semicircle

2

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

9

wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer

2

end of the earth

1

to stop talking; to be silent

2

reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground

1

immigration; emigration; immigrant; emigrant

1

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

2

nihility; nothingness

1

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

5

to settle (in a place); to settle down

3

windowpane; window glass

8

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

1

to throw at; to turn; to raise

1

blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace

28

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

16

to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious

3

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

1

nostril; naris

1

suggestive; allusive; evocative; implicit

2

quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation

2

definition

2

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

6

taking turns; in rotation

1

out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

2

formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave

1

reason; logic; sense; truth; right

1

to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with

1

to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)

2

stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy

1

halting (speech); faltering; stammering

1