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concrete-block wall

1

mobile telephone; cellular telephone

7

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve

2

suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle

1

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

2

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

1

library (usu. single-room); small library

4

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

4

peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm

1

page

1

to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

1

book; volume; this; present; main; head

21

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

1

reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

2

clock; watch; timepiece

3

soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

10

slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

5

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

2

twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days

1

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

1

ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony

1

in the morning; during the morning

2

expulsion from school

1

last year

2

habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

1

fresh

1

chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

2

beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time

1

discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference

1

friend; acquaintance

1

reading partway; leaving half-read

1

almost; nearly; close to

1

incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

1

hardcover; hardback

1

internal; domestic

1

literature

2

bookshelf

2

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

2

to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

1

looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out

1

genre; category; kind

1

to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

1

mystery

1

another thing; other things; another man's property

1

thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound

1

prison gate

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Island; insula; island; islet

1

female high-school student

2

antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling

1