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illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece

2

text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence

2

illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure

1

thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp

1

's; of; belonging to

1

design

1

child

1

hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)

1

chapter one; first chapter

1

beast; brute; animal

183

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

150

tail (animal); tail end; tip

122

indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very

327

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

15

to get dry

1

hammer; mallet; sledge(hammer); gavel

4

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

1946

to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress

8

sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

16

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

1867

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

16

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

3448

here and there; everywhere

1

at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

1761

to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)

4

steel

8

to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out

12

to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to

72

called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...

205

meaning; significance; sense

25

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

806

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

1945

exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually

1

unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

7

thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

75

it is not (like that) either

23

for example; for instance; e.g.

6

conflagration; fire

1

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

11

fire alarm; fire bell

1

wars; disturbances

2

(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

2

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

2

weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight

1

that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

262

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

49

great difference; big difference; wide margin

4

nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible

166

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

19

to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

14