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vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis

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remanufacture; reconditioning

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fresco (technique of blending wet plaster with water-based paint); (laboratory) flask

1

putrid smell of a corpse

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previously presented; already shown; previously posed (exam question); aforementioned

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unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible

1

(public) peace; stability; tranquillity

1

several steps

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drum

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the farthest ends; the furthest ends

1

to come to an end; to close the curtain

2

welcome home

3

revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

4

being extremely busy; being swamped with work

2

not so

2

Kingsport, Tennessee

2

entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization

2

to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)

2

this morning

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to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively

2

(very) patient; persevering

2

awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect

2

foolhardy; reckless; fearless

2

meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable

2

cry; crying voice

2

to become hoarse

2

minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle

2

to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide

2

mobilization; mobilisation

3

beyond help; there's nothing that can be done

2

remote region; frontier (district); border(land)

4

to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in

2

end of the earth

2

hard to reach place; remote place

2

mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation

2

to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)

4

stingy; cheap; very frugal

2

to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with

2

when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned

2

still; even now; to this day

2

with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of

2

remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks

2

map

4

vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money

6

getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke

2

receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death

2

honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation

2

midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year

4

mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable

2

country town; rural town

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