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to talk down; to corner someone in an argument

2

abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

1

slope; slanting surface; bevel

1

level ground; plain; flatland

2

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

3

row of houses; each house; every house; every door

4

to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

5

building lot; residential land

1

corner; nook; recess

5

green peas

1

roadside; wayside; route

1

vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts

2

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

1

wire netting; wire mesh; wire screen; chain-link mesh

2

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

2

to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

1

quiet (e.g. neighbourhood); peaceful; tranquil

2

in the city

1

packhorse; workhorse; hack

1

to shake off; to throw off

1

vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful

1

disgrace; humiliation

2

damage; injury; loss

2

ten years; decade

4

to pass (of time); to elapse

4

the very thing; itself

4

what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much

2

unexpected; surprising

1

attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession

1

European magpie (Pica pica); (arch.) crow

1

not until now; never yet

2

dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing

1

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

2

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

3

to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")

3

immorality; dishonesty

1

China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man

1

height; stature

3

wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage

3

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

10

to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)

2

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

2

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

1

without doing

4

to hate; to detest

3

representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number

1

consolation

1

development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life

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