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subject

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stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)

1

omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition

2

physical condition; state of health; shape

3

distant

1

to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

3

exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

3

to move off (into the distance); to become distant; to recede; to drift away (from a person, activity, etc.); to distance oneself (from); to become less frequent (e.g. of visits)

1

nap; short sleep; first sleep of silkworms

2

rain gear

2

village; human habitation; human settlement

1

three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)

9

loud (criticism, protest, etc.); noisy; clamorous; boisterous; uproarious; fierce

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

9

extreme; extremity

3

currency

2

quick to take a hint; very responsive; quick on the uptake; operating on the same wavelength; reading each other's minds

1

so far as

1

having no money; lack of money

2

penniless; broke

1

grave; serious; alarming

1

living expenses

1

deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth

1

salty (taste); briny

1

to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

2

metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing

1

magical girl (in anime, manga, etc.); girl with magical powers; young witch

1

boneless rib (esp. of pork or beef); boned rib

1

sirloin; pork loin

1

Pocky (biscuit stick coated with chocolate, strawberry, etc.)

1

infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless

4

grave (pit)

1

downtown

3

date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)

6

trying the food at various restaurants; eating tour; walking while eating; eating while walking

2

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

5

sour; acid

5

prawn; shrimp; lobster

5

(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, string, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); piercing (e.g. with a needle); squashing (something small; e.g. an insect); breaking out (e.g. of a pimple)

2

between life and death

2

being dotted about; being scattered; being interspersed

1

tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm

1

bridge

4

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

3

rag; old cloth; tattered clothes; ragged clothes; fault (one is trying to hide); defect

1

heart sound; cardiac sound

5

to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

8

wetting; love affair; lover

1

burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

8

to fess up; to come clean; to confess one's crimes; to spill the beans

1