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to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

1

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

1

gossip

1

to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

1

to understand from experience

1

to show; to bare (the teeth)

3

festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

1

he; she; that guy

5

a certain someone; Mr So-and-so

1

false impression; deceptive appearance; mere show

1

to engage in lively conversation

1

sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

3

to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

1

with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly

2

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am

1

to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness)

2

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

1

looking pale; looking unwell

1

porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice

1

on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

3

to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour

1

to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash

1

a few hours; several hours; about two to six hours

1

to begin to fall (rain, etc.)

1

to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim

1

quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

1

under the eaves

1

umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

1

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

1

partly open; in half bloom

1

solitarily; in a lonely fashion; all alone; by oneself

1

(plain) hot water; boiled water

1

being startled; getting a shock

1

earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale

1

to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop

1

life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

1

to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on

1

smoked food; smoking (fish, meat, etc.); smoked

1

eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)

1

slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly

2

dust

1

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

3

feeble

1

well; now; then

2

medicine; healing art

2

to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)

1

navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

3

river; stream; River; the ... river

5

fisherman

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