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to tower over the surroundings

1

carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length

1

the British Empire

1

the Reformation

1

town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

1

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

6

doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor

2

unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of

1

depression; recession; slump

3

to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject

1

repair; mending; fixing; servicing

1

Baker

14

skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good

2

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

2

no use; useless; not fit for its purpose

1

eavesdropping; tapping

3

sari; saree

4

correction; rectification; mending; repair

1

to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

1

expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...

1

ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; walking in large steps; walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg

1

(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look

1

to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

7

shrewd; astute; cunning; alert

2

very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)

3

sky; air; mid-air

1

to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip

1

uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky

1

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

3

apologetic

4

secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)

2

suspicion (of others); jealousy

1

to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

5

Botham

9

general store

8

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

3

to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)

1

severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment

1

temporary personnel business; temporary personnel agency; temporary help business

1

crop; harvest; income; profits; loaded (e.g. intermodal containers in the transport industry)

1

miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries

2

to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell

1

good at business; having a good head for business; good businessman; shrewd salesman

1

talkative person; gossip

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

1

age; era; period; date

7

history of; experience of

1

peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades

1

to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to

2