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to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

2

to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

1

shavings; filings

1

smell of something rotten; rotten smell

6

spoiled; half-rotten; decaying

1

to blacken; to darken

2

slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly

1

measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment

1

universe; cosmos; space

2

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

1

decision; determination

1

to gush forth

1

another world

1

endlessly; ceaselessly

1

to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly

8

several days later

1

two (long cylindrical things)

1

to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

5

commuting to school; school commute

1

commuter pass; season ticket

3

living thing; living creature; animal; life

2

thought; consideration; thinking

2

billiards; pool; snooker; cue sports

1

ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

1

cushion

1

to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

1

elaborate; delicate; exquisite

1

artificial; unnatural

1

to gather together

1

in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

1

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

1

sincerity; good faith

1

cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey

2

declaration; proclamation; announcement

3

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

2

exemplary

1

user; customer

1

(train) station attendant; station employee; station staff

1

to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

3

to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize

1

to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute

1

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

2

desolate; dreary; bleak

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

1

skull; cranium

1

diverse; varied

1

image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition

1

on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead

1

concentration; thickness; density; cardinality

2

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

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