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perpetual traveller (traveler); permanent traveller; permanent tourist

1

being open but having virtually no business

1

to get a phone call

1

to discuss; to talk together

1

Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega

1

escalation

1

sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time

1

ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman

1

to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr

2

skylight; dormer; transom; dormer window

1

small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)

1

Kailash (sacred mountain in Western Tibet); Kailas; Gang Rinpoche

4

(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of

2

to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)

5

mountaintop; summit

1

ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible

3

eyesight; vision; visual acuity

1

without

3

to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate

2

beam of light

2

Republic of China (Taiwan); ROC

2

peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

1

to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear

1

elevation; height above sea level

4

600; six hundred

5

senior pupil (of the same master); senior disciple; senior student; senior member

5

lama

1

monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)

2

your highness; your grace; your eminence

2

Shiro

107

Lhasa

2

garrisoned forces

1

king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne

1

senior; older

2

eldest brother

1

older brother

2

to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

5

pilgrim

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

2

near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal

1

supply; provision

2

rescue mission; evacuation operation

1

right and wrong

1

agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility

1

to fling (away); to hurl

2

tone; manner of speaking

1

snappingly; with a snap

1

to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve

6

to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know

1

big shot; higher-ups

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