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rather than (do ...)

3

going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)

5

chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse

2

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)

9

to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

1

directly opposite; right in front

6

eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

2

bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.); cornice; rickrack; ricrac; pleated shape; accordion pleats

1

quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

1

medal; shield; card on which dharani (etc.) are written; notice board (in a Zen temple); tile (mahjong, dominos, etc.)

1

dusty; dust-covered

2

footpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement

7

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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sunshade; blind; awning; parasol

2

colour; color; hue; tints

3

clasp; latch; catch; fastener

1

brilliant; resplendent

7

apothecary; druggist; chemist; pharmacy; drugstore

2

to reflect; to throw back light

1

in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...

3

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while

9

front; frontage; facade; main

10

mailbox (for delivered mail); letter box; mailbox (for outgoing mail); postbox

1

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

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with a rattling sound; with a (gentle) clinking sound; rapping (on a door); (cooking) at a simmer; (boiling) gently; (bubbling) lightly

1

to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)

3

bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane

2

buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end

1

(a person's) appearance from behind; person as seen from behind; back view; retreating figure

3

light; easy; non-serious; minor

4

gasoline; petrol

2

comfortable; pleasant

1

roadside trees; row of trees

3

treetop; tip of a branch

9

sound; noise; audio; acoustics; reverberation

1

voice; cry; shout

2

tail (of an animal); cauda; tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end; tail (of a comet); slope at the foot of a mountain

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

7

steam whistle

8

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

15

fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless

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to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

5

to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)

1

standing close together; bristling (with)

1

vigorously (burning); furiously; fiercely

2

wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

2

to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken

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peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea

2

shriek; scream

2

to chase; to run after; to pursue

3