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to chase around

3

dawn breaks; day dawns

3

I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

1

matinee

1

indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided

4

end of a performance

1

national polity; National Athletic Meet

7

defend and maintain; support; protection

7

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

5

no

7

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

3

to (do) like this

4

to grow restive; to begin to act violently

1

return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)

1

good morning

2

to get dry

2

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

11

one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity

2

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

3

coarse tea

2

to cool; to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)

2

to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos

1

this year

2

facetious; droll; funny

1

Joan of Arc (1412-1431; French military leader)

5

white horse; unrefined sake

1

to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride; to span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over

1

Orléans (France)

2

to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on

1

promising; hopeful; full of promise

2

early in the morning

2

foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money

1

to cause to swell; to inflame

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

5

speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought

2

farmer; peasant; farming; country bumpkin; yokel; the common people

2

boy; juvenile; child

6

Chinon (France)

1

Chall

5

ignorance; innocence; stupidity

1

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

6

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

1

to go; to come

1

after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward

5

every night

3

late; slowly

1

novel; story; (work of) fiction

10

this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now

1

Japanese history; history of Japan

2

writing; authoring

3