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secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart

11

three years

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completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

4

to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)

2

worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched

1

storefront; shopfront

4

to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

1

the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)

10

scarlet; red

2

to prosper; to flourish

3

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

12

opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province

1

to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into

10

aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing

1

delicious; tasty

7

gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision

3

to dirty one's hands

3

sons and daughters; children; girl

3

often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to

3

Gow

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a little; a bit

1

mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

1

grief; lamentation

3

sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly

1

suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly

1

to be slow in saying

1

Let me see

6

to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove

4

first-hand account

2

work clothes; business suit

1

each person

3

collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street

5

gossipy; abusive; critical; jabbering

4

evidence; proof; witness

4

many; a multiplicity of

1

unexpected; unforeseen

4

careful; elaborate; scrupulous

2

girl; lass; young thing; chick

1

plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy

1

poor piece of work; rubbish; trash

1

being invited

2

delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle

5

surely; certainly

1

to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich

2

one's person; around one's person

1

to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

1

ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

3

malice; malicious intent; intent to kill

4

wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)

2

armed might; military power; the sword; force

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