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to be conspicuous; to stand out

4

writing down; taking notes; notes; writings; written examination; written test

1

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

2

to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

1

sooner or later; in due time; in due course

1

alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)

1

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

after graduation

1

what would (you) do?; what to do about it

1

lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love

1

what the hell?; what are you going on about?; what the hell are you doing?; you've got to be kidding

1

date; dating

1

tone (of voice); manner of talking

1

light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy

1

good for the health; healthy; wholesome

1

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

4

to harden one's heart; to steel oneself

1

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

2

darkness

1

to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain

1

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

1

mother; wife

1

to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)

2

to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)

2

feeble

1

forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)

1

fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)

1

hint; clue

1

inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration

1

to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth

1

(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself

3

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

2

early rising

1

love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction

1

to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely

2

something thrown in (with a purchase); something extra; (giving a) discount; price reduction; addition; embellishment (e.g. to a story)

1

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

1

every month; trite; commonplace; conventional

1

fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)

2

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

1

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

1

to be conceivable

1

roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open

1

climax; peak; zenith; apex

1

ten times

1

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

1

counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

1

stabbing repeatedly

1

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

2

punching and kicking

1