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direct appeal; direct petition

3

to congratulate; to wish (someone) well; to celebrate

15

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

3

return; coming back

7

to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently

1

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

6

to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

1

to feel depressed

1

(Western) playing cards

5

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

6

with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound

5

to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct

8

to harm; to cause harm to

3

having many difficulties in store; grim prospects

1

being on duty; person on duty; one's turn

2

top secret mission

1

from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through

1

to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

4

double bottom (ship, trunk, etc.); false bottom; double sole; double hull

4

bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end

5

extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

6

just because; even if; even though

1

classification; sorting (out); grouping; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)

13

Lamprecht

35

visiting room; visitation room

2

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

3

at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; to relax; to take it easy; to chill

12

different mother

1

to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of

2

baby; infant

8

unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

6

returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)

7

middle of the night; dead of night

4

breastfeeding; nursing; suckling

4

to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed

2

to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see

2

Kamil

75

eye contact

2

no!; no no!; no, not at all

1

as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably

1

several times; a few times

4

half-sibling (with a different mother)

2

adoption (of a person)

68

realistic; pragmatic

10

half- (sibling by a different mother); paternal

1

to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of

3

although

1

nine; 9

5

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

9

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

4