Vocabulary list: Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four

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ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
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ぶつか
Top 1900
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
3
with a crack; with a tearing sound; with a ripping sound; stylish; smart; dapper
1
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
5
chemistry laboratory; chemical laboratory
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to provide; to arrange; to install
1
opposite side; opposition
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せん
Top 20600
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
1
two rows; double file
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Bunsen
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test tube
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レトルト
Top 41600
retort; sealed plastic pouch typically containing ready-made sauce or stew; boil-in-the-bag; retort; glass vessel used for distillation (now largely obs.)
2
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
1
おいて
Top 15400
at; in; on
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たけ
Top 6500
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
1
wicker basket; wickerwork basket
1
さん
Top 18300
acid; sourness; sour taste
1
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
1
damage
1
darkish; dusky
1
liquid
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to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
2
タール
Top 38700
tar
2
to have a pungent smell; to have an acrid smell
1
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
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to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
1
だん
Top 4700
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
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to lean against; to set against
1
just above; right overhead
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とお
Top 1000
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
7
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
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to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
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ロープ
Top 8400
rope
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easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
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to throw away
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wooden; made of wood
1
あるじ
Top 17100
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
1
くび
Top 700
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
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to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
3
ぐったり
Top 5300
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
2
たい
Top 1500
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
1
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
3
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
1
Top 7200
after death
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how many hours?
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passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
2
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
2
ねじれ
Top 23500
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
1
tool; implement; means; furniture
2
grain (of wood)
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