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what's the matter?; what's wrong?

2

document; official papers

2

passing through without stopping; passing by

2

one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting

1

to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat

1

bronze statue

1

minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole

1

useless resistance; vain struggle

1

letter; missive; note; mail

1

gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor

5

exemption; exoneration; discharge

1

lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity

1

meaningless; pointless

1

huge; big; gargantuan

2

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

1

to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop

1

infancy; childhood; tender age

3

as always; as usual

1

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

2

to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed

1

to overdo something (speed, exertion, etc.)

1

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

3

physique; bodily build

1

auntie; older woman

1

pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop

2

accommodation; lodging

1

okay; sure; okey-dokey

1

Gill

2

son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

3

to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin

1

established practice; custom

1

leading; guiding; commanding

2

guardian; protector; patron; parent

1

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

2

cannot be compared with; no match for

1

population; common talk

1

100,000; hundred thousand

3

digression

6

town; city; municipal; urban

1

blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)

1

return; coming back

3

dim; gloomy

2

inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

8

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

1

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

1

seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness

2

both arms

1

both eyes

1

eyeball

3

nose

3