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widower; divorced man not remarried

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from the beginning

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comparatively; relatively

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very; extremely; that is

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he; she; that guy

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prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong

1

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

1

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

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direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt

1

protective wall; bulwark

1

can never be able to

1

unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat

1

stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving

1

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

1

to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious

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to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper

1

taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)

1

it doesn't matter what; anything is fine

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

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to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)

1

to shake and untangle; to shake free from

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corner; nook; recess

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seeming sad

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after a long time; for the first time in a while

1

huge; big; gargantuan

1

great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

1

hey there; I say; see here

1

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

1

another meeting; meeting again; reunion

1

oracle

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to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple

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(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it

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kiss

1

wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily

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to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

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head

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(romantic) love

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remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end

1

tearful voice

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such

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to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)

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to one's heart's content

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(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality

1

door; doorway

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force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

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currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air

1

mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

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to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

1

naughty; mischievous; unruly

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cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

2