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blackbird

1

to jump up; to spring up

1

trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering

1

late at night; at a late hour

2

standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal

1

apology; excuse

1

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

2

eyeball

2

to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around

1

vomiting; emesis

1

speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise

1

doctor

1

rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled

1

breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium

2

to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

1

liquid

1

thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble

1

shaking; swaying

1

to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

4

shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

3

to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around

1

to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

3

what time; (lit.) which hour

2

sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death

3

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

1

to wash away

1

nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

1

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

1

to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die

3

winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying

1

just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

2

10,000; ten thousand

1

two o'clock

5

urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract

1

lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl

1

to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to

2

tape deck

1

carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky

1

to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge

1

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

1

cassette (tape); game cartridge

3

entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly

1

plastic

4

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

1

unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)

1

thumb; big toe

1

to put one's strength into

4

don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face

1

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

2