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silence (not speaking); muteness

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chapter one; first chapter

1

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

6

cloud of dust; sandstorm

4

to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)

2

while; during; while; although; all; both

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wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds

3

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

4

elevation; height above sea level

2

high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)

19

high ground; plateau; heights

1

eastern part; the east (of a region)

5

tree; trees and shrubs

1

far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

4

satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)

6

grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL

6

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

3

desolate; dreary; bleak

1

ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

7

to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

20

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

2

green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)

3

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

2

ocean; sea; the deep

2

to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance

2

prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished

1

grazing land; pasture

4

plain; moor; prairie

11

only; merely; but; no more than

5

silence; stillness; quietness

3

grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie

8

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

16

although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish

26

Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR

4

person; member

5

sixty; 60

2

age; era; period; date

1

the end

3

snow thaw; thawing

1

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

7

to collect; to assemble; to gather

12

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

27

chrono

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

8

sluice gate; water gate; flood gate

2

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

4

concrete

5

-made; make

2

waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane

3

downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes

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