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'Wolves by Jamrach' :
the elusive undercurrents in Saki's short stories
The following is a list of abbreviations of the short stories, novels, plays and sketches referred to in this dissertation.
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A |
Adrian |
AC |
The Achievement of the Cat |
Al |
The Almanack |
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B |
The Background |
Bag |
The Bag |
BBM |
A Bread and Butter Miss |
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BCE |
Bertie's Christmas Eve |
BD |
The Baker's Dozen |
BFTW |
The Blood-Feud of Toad-Water |
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Bi |
Birds on the Western Front |
BO |
The Byzantine Omelette |
BP |
The Boar-Pig |
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Br |
The Brogue |
BS |
The Blind Spot |
Bu |
The Bull |
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C |
Canossa |
CAR |
Clovis on the Alleged Romance of Business |
CC |
Cross Currents |
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Ch |
The Chaplet |
CMK |
Comments of Moung Ka |
Co |
The Cobweb |
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CPR |
Clovis on Parental Responsibilities |
CT |
Cousin Teresa |
CY |
The Cupboard of the Yesterdays |
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D |
The Dreamer |
DCU |
The Disappearance of Crispina Umberleigh |
DCWI |
The Dalmeny Cat that Walked by Itself(political sketch) |
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DD |
A Defensive Diamond |
DP |
"Down Pens" |
DT |
The Death-Trap (play) |
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Du |
Dusk |
E |
The Elk |
EE |
The Easter Egg |
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EMP |
Excepting Mrs Pentherby |
Es |
Esmé |
EW |
The East Wing |
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F |
Fate |
FB |
The Forbidden Buzzards |
FD |
For the Duration of the War |
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FN |
The Feast of Nemesis |
Fo |
Forewarned |
FS |
Filboid Studge, The Story of a Mouse That Helped |
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Fur |
Fur |
G |
The Guests |
GE |
Gabriel-Ernest |
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GP |
The Gala Programme |
H |
The Hedgehog |
Hen |
The Hen |
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HF |
The Hounds of Fate |
HI |
Hermann the Irascible - A Story of the Great Weep |
HP |
A Housing Problem |
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HT |
A Holiday Task |
HW |
The Holy War |
Hy |
Hyacinth |
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I |
The Interlopers |
ILS |
The Image of the Lost Soul |
IP |
The Infernal Parliament |
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IR |
The Innocence of Reginald |
JAS |
The Jesting of Arlington Stringham |
JP |
Judkin of the Parcels |
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KW |
Karl-Ludwig's Window (play) |
L |
Laura |
Lo |
Louis |
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Lou |
Louise |
LR |
The Lumber-Room |
LS |
The Lost Sanjak |
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Lu |
The Lull |
M |
Mark |
MG |
"Ministers of Grace" |
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MH |
The Music on the Hill |
ML |
The Mappined Life |
MM |
The Match-Maker |
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Mor |
Morlvera |
Mou |
The Mouse |
MPT |
Mrs Packletide's Tiger |
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MS |
A Matter of Sentiment |
ND |
The Name-Day |
NSS |
The Not So Stories (political sketches) |
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O |
The Oversight |
OA |
On Approval |
OG |
The Occasional Garden |
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OTP |
The Old Town of Pskoff |
OW |
The Open Window |
P |
The Penance |
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PBK |
The Purple of the Balkan Kings |
PHC |
The Philanthropist and the Happy Cat |
PL |
The Phantom Luncheon |
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PMB |
The Peace of Mowsle Barton |
PO |
The Peace Offering |
Pon |
The Pond |
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Q |
The Quest |
QS |
Quail Seed |
QT |
The Quince Tree |
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R |
Reginald |
RA |
Reginald on the Academy |
RBS |
Reginald on Besetting Sins |
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RC |
Reginald at the Carlton |
RCP |
Reginald on Christmas Presents |
RCR |
Reginald's Christmas Revel |
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RCT |
Reginald's Choir Treat |
RD |
Reginald's Drama |
Re |
The Recessional |
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RGL |
The Remoulding of Groby Lington |
RHP |
Reginald on House-Parties |
RLA |
The Reticence of lady Anne |
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Ro |
The Romancers |
RPP |
Reginald's Peace Poem |
RR |
Reginald's Rubaiyat |
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RRE |
The Rise of the Russian Empire (history) |
RRu |
Reginald in Russia |
RT |
Reginald at the Theatre |
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RTa |
Reginald on Tariffs |
RW |
Reginald on Worries |
S |
The Strategist |
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SCJ |
The Seven Cream Jugs |
SD |
A Shot in the Dark |
SE |
The Square Egg |
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SG |
The Saint and the Goblin |
Sh |
The Sheep |
SL |
The Soul of Laploshka |
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SLB |
The Stampeding of Lady Bastable |
SMM |
The Schartz-Metterklume Method |
SN |
A Sacrifice to Necessity |
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SO |
The Stalled Ox |
SP |
The Seventh Pullet |
SS |
The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope |
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ST |
Shock Tactics |
Sta |
The Stake |
StT |
The Story-Teller |
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StV |
The Story of St. Vespaluus |
STDS |
The Sex That Doesn't Shop |
SV |
Sredni Vashtar |
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SW |
The She-Wolf |
T |
Tea |
Th |
The Threat |
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To |
Tobermory |
TOT |
The Talking-Out of Tarrington |
TP |
The Toys of Peace |
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TR |
A Touch of Realism |
TS |
The Treasure-Ship |
UB |
The Unbearable Bassington |
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UnB |
The Unkindest Blow |
UnC |
The Unrest-Cure |
W |
Wratislav |
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WA |
The Westminster Alice (political sketches) |
WC |
The Wolves of Cernogratz |
WD |
The Way to the Dairy |
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WP |
The Watched Pot (play) |
WWC |
When William Came (novel) |
WWNS |
The Woman Who Never Should (sketch) |
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YM |
The Yarkand Manner |
YT |
A Young Turkish Catastrophe |
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Table of Frequency of Key Words
The following is a list of words which occur either throughout the stories or in concentration in a few stories, and seem to act as signposts to direct the reader's attention to specific characteristics or underlying truths. The number of incidences of a specific word is shown in brackets after an abbreviated reference to the short story in which it occurs, in order of decreasing frequency.
1. Words which draw attention to a preoccupation with appearances or highlight foibles:
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Absurd(ly) |
11 |
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Air (meaning manner) |
61 |
QS(3) |
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Ambition/ambitious |
15 |
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Anxious/iety |
61 |
Fur(5) |
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Approve(d)/approval |
22 |
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Assure(d)/assurance |
30 |
HW(3) |
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Awkward(ness) |
20 |
SCJ(5) |
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Bribery |
7 |
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Civilize(ed)/civilization |
18 |
AC(4) |
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Complacent(ly) |
16 |
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Convention(s)/conventional |
11 |
DP(4);ML(3) |
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Curious/curiosity |
23 |
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Diplomacy/diplomat(ic) |
12 |
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Disapprove/al |
22 |
MS(12) |
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Drama(s)/dramatic(ally) |
38 |
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Elaborate(ly) |
19 |
Mor(3) |
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Embarrassing/embarrassment |
28 |
To(4) |
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Excited(ly)/excitement |
59 |
CT(4);F(3);QS(3) |
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Fruitless |
11 |
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Futile/futility(ies) |
7 |
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Important/importance |
67 |
CPR(4);M(4);Bu(3);LR(3);MP(3);T(3) |
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Initiate(d)/initiative/atory |
16 |
ML(4) |
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Luxury/ies |
15 |
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Nerve(s)/nervous |
51 |
BWF(3)OW(3);SCJ(3); |
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Odious |
8 |
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Outrage(ous) |
9 |
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Panic |
11 |
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Patronizing/patronage |
11 |
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Perfunctory |
15 |
DP(3) |
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Placid(ly) |
15 |
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Polite(ly) |
22 |
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Respectable |
29 |
CC(10);QT(4) |
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Ridiculous |
9 |
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Scandal(ize)/scandalous |
36 |
RC(3);SS(3) |
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Sensation(al) |
30 |
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Shock(s)/shocking |
15 |
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Special(ly)/specialist |
46 |
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Specialize(/)specialization |
12 |
LS(4) |
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Spectacle/spectacular |
11 |
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Stampede |
10 |
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Tragic/tragedies |
65 |
OW(5);Pon(5);BS(4) |
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Unexpected(ly) |
20 |
IR(3) |
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Vague(ly) |
20 |
2. Words which draw attention to hidden possibilities or are ambiguous in their use:
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Alleged |
14 |
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Allude(d)/allusion |
22 |
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Apparent(ly) |
24 |
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Appear(ed)/appearance |
95 |
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Blank |
21 |
P(8) |
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Confide(d)/confidential(ly) |
20 |
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Conscious |
28 |
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Delusion |
6 |
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Distinct(ly) |
40 |
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Dream(er)/dreaming |
53 |
BBM(19);D(4);SS(4) |
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Emergency |
19 |
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Evidence/evident(ly) |
57 |
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Fancy/fancied |
56 |
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Genuine(ly) |
24 |
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Hint(ed) |
21 |
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Illusion/illusory |
7 |
ML(4) |
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Imagine/ation |
105 |
TR(6);ML(4);SV(4) |
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Impossible/impossibility(ies) |
18 |
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Inspiration |
25 |
BBM(4) |
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Invent(ion) |
32 |
TS(6);SP(3) |
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Obvious(ly) |
57 |
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Outward |
15 |
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Possible(bly)/possibility(ies) |
125 |
PMB(5);GE(5);Fo(4);LR(4);To(4) |
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Pretend/pretence(s) |
27 |
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Private(ly) |
44 |
ST(4) |
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Probable/probably |
96 |
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Real(ly)/realism/reality(ies) |
219 |
ML(9);RD(5);RGL(5);T(5);RRu(5);RW(5);Bu(4);DP(4);L(4);Mou(4);RHP(4);SW(4) |
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Reasonable/ably) |
20 |
ML(3) |
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Remarkable |
27 |
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Ridiculous |
9 |
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Romance(r)/romantic |
17 |
CAR(6) |
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Seem(ed)/seeming(ly) |
272 |
WC(5);P(8);BBM(5);QS(6);Sh(4);CY(4);BWF(5);Pon(4);LS(4);MH(8);PMB(11);HF(8);MG(6);SP(4);SO(6);StT(5);SL(5);Mou(5) |
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Sign |
29 |
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Spurious |
7 |
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Suggest(ed)/suggestion |
107 |
RR(4);To(5) |
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Suppose(d)(ing)/supposition |
145 |
LS(4);S(4);L(5);QT(4) |
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Suspect(ed) |
11 |
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Symptom |
8 |
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Unobtrusive |
20 |
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Wonderful(ly) |
23 |
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3. Words with mysterious or supernatural overtones:
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Angel(s)/angelic |
43 |
MG(22) |
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Apparition |
6 |
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Beast |
61 |
GE(4);Es(4);MPT(6);Q(3);MH(5);SW(6);L(4);DD(3);P(4) |
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Earth(ly) |
57 |
MG(4);IP(4) |
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Fate(s)/fateful |
36 |
BD(3);HF(4);E(5);F(3) |
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Furtive(ly) |
25 |
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Heaven(s)/heavenly |
26 |
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Hidden |
15 |
SV(3);P(3) |
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Human |
105 |
AC(6);Co(5);Fo(4);IP(4);MG(4):TO(4) |
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Lurk(ing) |
9 |
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Magic |
11 |
SW(5) |
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Miracle |
11 |
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Secret(ly)/secrecy |
19 |
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Sinister |
11 |
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Uncanny/uncanniness |
8 |
GE(3) |
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Unseen |
8 |
SW(3) |
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Wild(ly)/wildness |
75 |
GE(10);Q(4);MH(7);GP(7) |
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Wilderness |
7 |
CC(4) |
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Wolf/wolves |
65 |
SW(19);StT(7);ND(5);LR(4);WC(8) |
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