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sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

2

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

11

adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)

2

two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives

1

to obtain; to procure

4

cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine

2

age; era; period; date

2

premature; untimely (e.g. death); early

3

article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

1

base (military, expedition, etc.)

2

one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)

3

be; is

1

sexual act; sexual intercourse

3

process; course; mechanism

4

short story

1

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

3

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

someone who is in their element; (lit.) fish that has found water

1

what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?

6

flush; blush

2

to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

2

attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism

2

refusal; rejection; denial; veto

8

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

24

trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)

5

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

4

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

6

to warm; to heat

4

then; if so; if

9

to squeeze out; to wring out

3

to correct oneself; to restate

1

to become completely chilled

2

to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

3

at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

6

to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

3

recent work

1

learning by watching others; learning by imitation

4

innocent; cherubic; childlike

4

childish; child-like; innocent; naive

1

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

2

although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again

3

become dry and rough (e.g. skin)

1

to badger; to pester; to beg

2

indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

4

to smell sweet; to be fragrant

4

soap

3

to stare at each other; to lock eyes with

5

magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm

1

to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe

2