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good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless

2

to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

1

concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy

1

lodging (house); accommodation; hotel; housing (for government employees)

9

hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift

1

according to plan; as planned

3

to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up

1

Betelgeuse (star in the constellation Orion); Alpha Orionis

1

Procyon (star in the constellation Canis Minor); Alpha Canis Minoris

1

Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star

1

Winter Triangle (asterism)

2

constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign

1

first magnitude star

1

stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

2

words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word

1

to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)

1

to keep a promise; to keep one's word

3

to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)

1

just now; a little while back; a short time ago

1

place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)

1

close attention; (watching with) keen interest

1

fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly

1

house search; search of the premises

2

the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)

1

to drag out

1

voyeur; Peeping Tom

1

to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout

1

video (esp. a televised image); videotape; VHS tape; videocassette recorder; VCR; video (short film)

2

(video) recording

1

collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally

2

look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk

1

special forces

1

blanket

1

old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn

1

high-tech

1

panel

1

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

3

double bed

1

mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)

1

(coil) spring; spring (season); light overcoat (worn in spring and autumn); topcoat

2

bad poem; my humble poem; stooped over (e.g. old people); bowed; stalling; having a relapse

1

climax; uprush; bulge

1

non-fulltime employee; non-permanent employee

1

to hasten one's death

1

overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)

1

to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent

3

to become desperate; to give in to despair

1

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

1

mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest

2