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torture device; instrument of torture

1

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

3

secret

1

clandestine meeting (of lovers); assignation; tryst; (lovers') rendezvous

1

will; intent; desire; will; testament

161

jurisdiction

3

pardon; amnesty

1

executive committee; executive organ

1

taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton

1

to think of the dead

2

condolence call; visiting a bereaved family to offer condolences

3

your name; one's good name; one's good reputation

1

registry; entry; book-keeping; signature

1

appointment

2

remote past; far ago; time immemorial

1

to pray for the repose of someone's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed

1

science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.); faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university); science (as a school subject)

4

reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)

1

Rion; Lion; Lions

2

you (plural)

2

flower offering; floral tribute; laying flowers

4

one's store of patience

1

beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

1

fox hunt; fox hunting

1

clam digging (at low tide); clamming; shellfish gathering

1

(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service

2

underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

1

requiem

1

parabola

2

whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound

1

concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation

1

real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)

1

audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium

4

to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic

1

completely satisfied; as pleased as can be

1

driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance

1

Diana (goddess)

5

in tatters; in pieces; wiped out

1

class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy

1

Willard

14

investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts); finding out the facts; bringing (a matter) to light; inquiring into

1

to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up

1

lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with

2

sitting in a circle

3

scandal

2

through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of

2

son (of others); boy; young master; young man innocent of the ways of the world; man of pampered upbringing; greenhorn (from a well-off family)

1

even though things may appear this way

1

Watson

2

pet cat; beloved cat; ailurophilia; fondness for cats

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