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being very busy; busyness

1

call; summons; convening; convocation

2

subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental

7

to become lukewarm; to become tepid

1

hearsay

1

to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk

2

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

1

remote region; frontier (district); border(land)

4

military physician or surgeon

1

district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

3

doctor; physician

1

to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase

1

to return; to come back

1

to become like a different person; to have a change in personality

2

indicate reason; infers some protest

2

borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)

1

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

1

is it?; isn't it?

2

Garuda or Garua (man-bird deity and 'vahana' of Hindu-Buddhist myth)

1

pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous

1

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

4

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

4

coachman; driver; cabman; postilion

4

good bye; I'm off; see you later

2

to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath

3

war preparation

1

unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette

10

envelope

4

document; official papers

9

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

1

cross; crossed; cruciform

1

(one's) late father

1

Arthur

3

shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)

8

enclosing (e.g. with a letter)

2

to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)

3

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

7

family crest

1

trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance

1

marquis; marquess

1

cruelty; hard-heartedness

1

famous; well-known; renowned; your name

1

to hear of; to learn of

1

the present age; these days; (present) head of the family

4

lately; recently; nowadays

1

soon; in the near future

1

to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward

1

to manage a state; to govern a country

2

sense of responsibility

1

careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully

2