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mealtime

2

magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch

5

to irritate one; to get on one's nerves

2

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

1

to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into

3

culmination; acme; height; peak; ultimate; perfection

1

to get irritated

4

feeler; tentacle

30

untouched; unused; intact

1

to eat a mouthful; to take a bite

2

to stop raining or snowing

1

spare umbrella kept (at work) in the event of a sudden shower

1

meeting; greeting; welcome

4

taxi fare

3

road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)

1

vinyl

6

to take root; to strike

2

one's own house; own; personal; autologous

1

careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering

2

to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on

3

an inch ahead; the immediate future

1

to catch a cold

1

pneumonia

3

to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse

2

to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one

2

whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing

1

coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming

1

to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to

2

exception; supernumerary; extra (e.g. performance, item, object, etc.); additional; outsize

2

middle fence

2

science fiction; sci-fi; SF

3

author; writer; novelist; artist

2

clerk; office worker; kulak

2

childhood

1

video telephone; video call; video chat; skyping

1

ten-odd; a dozen or so

3

needless to say

3

one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously

1

modern times; the modern age; this day and age

2

(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of

8

in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever

1

something unusual; something odd; something out of the ordinary

3

separate volume; fascicle; fascicule

3

planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)

1

collection of short stories; collected short stories

1

to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do

1

short (e.g. story, film)

5

largest ever; biggest; record

1

long (e.g. novel, film)

4

revenge; making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time

1