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certain reasons; certain circumstances; professional constraints; (lit.) adult reasons

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miscellaneous matters

2

secondary; of secondary importance

1

honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances

5

selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested

1

frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

3

exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day

1

building addition or extension; an annex

1

generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia

1

to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive

4

look of death (in one's face); shadow of death; face of a dead person

4

stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing

3

care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation

5

shyness; bashfulness; shame

3

to breathe

1

unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck

1

worthless; pointless; useless

1

any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve

1

with stealthy steps; with noiseless footsteps; on tiptoe; stealthily

1

stone statue

2

obstinate; stubborn; headstrong

2

tough; strong; tenacious

6

to pamper; to spoil

2

stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure

3

brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment

3

feeling of vitality; sense of being alive

1

groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of

1

offender; criminal

2

demon of ill health; disease

1

same meaning; synonymy

2

egoistic; self-centered; selfish

1

sensible; sensuous; intuitive

3

sense of loss; feeling of loss

4

with a whack; with a thump; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; vacantly; blankly

1

depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation

1

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

2

wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice

2

life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death

4

declaration; profession

1

before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden

3

awareness; realization; noticing

1

a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that

1

to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)

1

to put one's hand on; to touch

4

to sniff out; to get wind of

2

hills and fields; hill and dale

1

plants and animals; flora and fauna

1

platoon

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merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling

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existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement

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