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to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry

1

just past noon; afternoon

1

food

3

in search of; in order to look for

1

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

3

house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

1

something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)

2

all; entire; whole; altogether

2

neighbourhood; neighborhood

1

convenience store

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

1

what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?

1

painful experience

1

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

1

reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump

1

tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

2

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

4

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

2

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

1

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

5

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

2

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

2

to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

4

to escape; to run away

8

to remain; to be left

1

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

1

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

3

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

2

have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

1

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

2

being good-for-nothing; useless person

1

it may be because

1

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

3

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

1

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

2

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

2

study; diligence; discount; reduction

1

vitality; ability to earn a living

1

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

1

extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

2

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

1

jest; joke; funny story

2

store; shop; establishment; restaurant

4

clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong; continuously; incessantly; one after another

1

luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)

1

such; this sort of; like this

2