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sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked

1

in one's senses; sane

1

to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up

2

does not match (one's, its) appearance

1

seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture

1

sonnet

1

modern poetry

1

berth

1

city

1

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

4

to read out (e.g. data from a computer or process); to retrieve

1

strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature

1

control; check; restraint; inhibition

1

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

1

Riddle; Rydl

165

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

4

whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly

1

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

1

complete; whole; perfect; safe

2

Mabel

1

dentist

1

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

2

very interesting; of great interest

3

Vauxhall

2

magazine; journal; periodical

1

printing

1

to catch one's attention

1

February; second month of the lunar calendar

2

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

1

leaving hospital; discharge from hospital

1

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

1

details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view

1

shy person

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

7

to pass (examination)

1

cuttlefish; squid

1

extreme; extremity

1

to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one

1

with a click; with a snap

1

this time; now

4

raid; assault; attack

6

logic

1

to stir well; to mix thoroughly; to interrupt (with a joke, sarcastic remark, etc.); to butt in (with a facetious comment); to make fun of (what someone says)

1

tiny; little; wee

1

three times; thrice; third (interval)

2

to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

2

to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted

1

eraser; rubber

1

January; first month of the lunar calendar

1