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from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...

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artist

1

change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

3

red hair; ginger hair

1

bringing up; raising

1

to become the subject of rumours or conversations

1

(since) long ago; for a long time

1

to know (someone); to think; to believe

3

friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

2

comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious

1

nice; likeable; desirable

2

Iwan; Ivan

14

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

2

tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)

1

cigarette case

1

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

9

nerve; nerves; sensitivity

3

real thing; original; actual

1

work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus

49

hindrance; intrusion

2

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

3

(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially

1

administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like

1

to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive

2

easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

2

painter; artist

4

Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ

2

illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture

1

to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far

2

realism; literalism

2

French person; Frenchman; Frenchwoman

11

limitation; restriction; condition; constraints

1

to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize

1

return; reversion; comeback; carriage return

1

sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful

1

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

1

Zola; Zolla

1

Daudet

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literature

18

stereotyped; patterned; typical

1

general idea; concept; notion

2

combination; union; bond; join (in relational algebra)

6

extremely; very

2

this (very thing); this precisely

4

to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself

2

(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally

1

a moment ago; just now

6

anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation

4

to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress

3

to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)

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