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episode; anecdote; vignette

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lake

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side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore

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quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined

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population of a fief

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to clear away; to remove; to demolish

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doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm

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to grow old; to age

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exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured

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grandfather; male senior-citizen

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grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

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grandparents

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to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

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never again

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stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)

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employee; servant

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(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)

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to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

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(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman

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to do

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to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

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to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)

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residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

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at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn

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women-only carriage (e.g. on a train)

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guard; convoy; escort

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(doing) as one is told

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to sit on a seat

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coating; painting

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shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word

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cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

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one's feeling while riding; comfort (of a vehicle); ride quality

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worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

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constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone

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to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

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clop clop; rumble rumble; sound of something being boiled

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normally; habitually

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cushion

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carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover

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to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

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Mr (junior); master; boy

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decision; determination

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not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...

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how old?; what age?

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so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...

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grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering

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to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate

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stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop

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to take a break

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on the occasion of

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