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holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

1

drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing

3

backup

5

killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

1

even

1

to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)

5

(raw) material

1

to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack

3

three days

1

(one's) self; oneself

2

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

1

even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that

3

to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

3

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

1

to look into; to peer in

2

tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed

4

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

6

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

7

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

2

if; in case; supposing

3

easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over

1

several years; a few years

1

library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)

7

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

1

the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous

1

upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor

1

to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)

1

first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

1

arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration

2

language

1

library

1

falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses

1

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

2

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

3

oilily; slimily; slipperily

2

to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase

1

to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

2

end (of a street, hallway, etc.)

1

before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill

1

to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into

1

to build; to construct

1

illumination; lighting

1

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

2

to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly

2

lamp; light

1

light; right; right field; right fielder

3

startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch

5

form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

3

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

3

convenient; handy; useful

1