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slatted shutter; louver door (window)

3

wind blowing down from mountains

1

hat; cap

2

(academic) degree

2

vestment; priest's robe

9

astronomer

1

reference; allusion

3

to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)

9

secret; secrecy

2

ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing

1

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

3

a few minutes later; after a few minutes

1

applicant; candidate; volunteer

1

in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing

2

guard; convoy; escort

8

with a snap

2

to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

8

to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)

1

curio; antique

3

disguise; masquerade

4

jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)

1

hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.

1

to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest

2

accomplishment; execution

2

antique; old article; secondhand goods

1

pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character

2

to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)

5

largo

5

previous existence

1

to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

1

antique

1

just because; even if; even though

11

book containing a collection of poems; Psalms (book of the Bible)

2

having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance

2

to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)

1

place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

4

to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise

2

comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier

2

inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

3

to lick all over; to run one's tongue over

1

repair; mending; fixing; servicing

2

skeptical; sceptical; incredulous

1

false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back

1

sunburn; suntan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. of paper); yellowing; drying up (of a river, field, etc.)

5

protection; repellent

3

to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

3

to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes

2

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

2

to arrest the culprit

1

blocking the way; standing in the way

1