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instrumental quartet

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Rue, Somme

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Lucas

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loan; roan; lawn (i.e. short grass); lawn (type of cotton cloth)

1

not one to talk; who are you to say; look who's talking

2

carving; engraving; sculpture; tattoo

1

(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means

10

to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far

5

kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous

3

to lose something

1

locate; locating

5

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

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excursion; outing; trip

2

screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation

2

extremely disappointing; extremely frustrating; mortifying; vexing

2

almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time

5

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

19

district of a town; city block (of irregular size)

1

triathlon

3

at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to

1

note; memorandum

4

organic matter

7

change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange

12

coastline; shoreline; coastal railway

1

equivalence; equality; being of equal value; having equal worth

1

rope ladder

2

gestures; gesturing

3

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

4

to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

4

single; simple; sole; individual; unitary

9

Wood Snake (42nd year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1905, 1965, 2025)

1

see you then; bye; ciao

4

mule

3

10,000,000,000; ten billion

1

one's frame of mind; way one looks at things

1

to feel depressed; to be down

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gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

15

splash (of water); spray

3

feeler; antenna

2

hanging upside down

1

one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre

4

Cthylla

5

to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)

4

Poland

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(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly

1

for one thing ...

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along the way; along the road

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facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue

1

to tower over the surroundings

4

to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish

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