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losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal

5

mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest

3

small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny

3

attentive; cautious; careful; watchful

5

short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō

6

wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven

3

another dimension; different level; whole other level

1

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

1

cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach

2

(most) basic of basics

3

something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)

3

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

3

to speak frankly; to put things bluntly

3

to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought

2

concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression

1

suddenly; all at once; rapidly

3

to feel more confident

1

obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant

7

private; personal life; (one's) privacy

1

something that requires thought; something that should be thought over carefully; something questionable; puzzle; riddle

1

to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

4

queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak

1

brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person

1

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

2

chatter; idle talk

1

unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold

1

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

6

brand new; fresh

1

parchment

6

neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying

2

contents of a document (esp. of a letter)

4

poor correspondent; apparent disdain of (or trouble with) writing; someone who appears to dislike (or be poor at) writing

1

(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing

1

weak point; unskillfulness

3

formidable enemy

2

to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)

2

reading and writing

2

decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification

3

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands

4

quill; quill pen

1

to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over

1

unexplained fever in an infant (in the past believed to be related to intellectual development); teething fever; (lit.) wisdom fever; fever that comes from using one's head too much

2

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

2

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)

3

prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy

3

straying; wandering (off course)

1

you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

2

wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant

4

to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

4

to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

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