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candle holder

1

to attempt; to test; to try out

1

abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

1

adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing

1

pitcher; water jug; watering can; container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)

2

giving something a try because one has nothing to lose

1

fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

1

filling; packing material; stuffing; padding

1

to shave off; to scrape off

1

to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket

1

to look upward

1

small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)

1

a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from

1

drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; loosely (hanging); limply

1

vexing; irritating; impatient

2

three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again

1

rising up; towering; plump; chubby; shaggy; hairy

1

pilling; lint; furball; hairball; trichobezoar

1

collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing

1

property of a film or membrane

2

(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang

1

long and narrow

1

odd; strange; queer; peculiar

1

London Bridge

7

sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain

2

spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

4

street light

3

to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested

2

gas light; gas lamp

1

to whistle

1

to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)

1

whistle (sound made with the lips)

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

2

to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down

1

to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders

1

coat; coating

1

the same as this

1

at first; in the beginning; originally

1

imitation; fake; sham

1

low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar

1

muddy stream

1

qualifications; requirements; capabilities

2

from the beginning

1

kingdom; monarchy

1

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

1

bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood

2

Mary; Marye

1

subject; national

2

to kill by burning to death

1

we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual

1