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 * A bowl, or deep cup.
 * all sorts of dishes.
 * all sorts of dishes.


 * a tea cup.
 * a tea cup.


 * a covered cup.
 * a covered cup.


 * a covered bowl.
 * a covered bowl.


 * a triturating bowl.
 * a triturating bowl.


 * a wooden bowl.
 * a wooden bowl.


 * half a bowlful.
 * half a bowlful.


 * much eating to little exercise.
 * much eating to little exercise.


 * To soften by long soaking; to macerate.
 * take it and soak it in the pool.
 * take it and soak it in the pool.
 * take it and soak it in the pool.


 * it has soaked so long that it smells badly.
 * it has soaked so long that it smells badly.


 * pour it into the cesspool and let it rot.
 * pour it into the cesspool and let it rot.


 * kept in soak till it is friable.
 * kept in soak till it is friable.


 * To cudgel; to maul.
 * suffered him to take a club and beat him to a jelly.
 * suffered him to take a club and beat him to a jelly.
 * suffered him to take a club and beat him to a jelly.


 * broke his leg by mauling him.
 * broke his leg by mauling him.


 * took a bamboo and cudgeled him.
 * took a bamboo and cudgeled him.


 * To fight with sticks or fists.
 * to maul.
 * to maul.
 * to maul.


 * to wound by beating.
 * to wound by beating.


 * to disgrace by a blow.
 * to disgrace by a blow.


 * To press at the arm of a lever; to twist; to wrest; to lift obliquely; self-willed.
 * obstinate.
 * obstinate.
 * obstinate.


 * perverse.
 * perverse.


 * warped, twisted, prejudiced.
 * warped, twisted, prejudiced.


 * crumpled up.
 * crumpled up.


 * pervert doctrine.
 * pervert doctrine.


 * turn it over endwise.
 * turn it over endwise.


 * to catch fish with a lifting net.
 * to catch fish with a lifting net.


 * to lift a fishing net.
 * to lift a fishing net.


 * to carry things at one end of a pole over the shoulder.
 * to carry things at one end of a pole over the shoulder.


 * to press at the short arm of a lever.
 * to press at the short arm of a lever.


 * lift it up on the shoulder with the hands.
 * lift it up on the shoulder with the hands.


 * he does not articulate it clearly.
 * he does not articulate it clearly.


 * two different losses on the same article makes a considerable deficiency in the end.
 * two different losses on the same article makes a considerable deficiency in the end.


 * He speaks incoherently, he is tongue-tied is he not?
 * He speaks incoherently, he is tongue-tied is he not?


 * To raise from the stomach.
 * to puke.
 * to puke.
 * to puke.


 * to retch and vomit.
 * to retch and vomit.


 * bleed at the lungs.
 * bleed at the lungs.


 * raise sour mucus from the stomach.
 * raise sour mucus from the stomach.


 * raise mucus from the stomach.
 * raise mucus from the stomach.


 * wanted to throw it up but could not.
 * wanted to throw it up but could not.


 * gagged at the sight of it.
 * gagged at the sight of it.


 * money gained at the expense of health.
 * money gained at the expense of health.


 * To rot or soften from dampness.
 * so rotten that it stinks.
 * so rotten that it stinks.
 * so rotten that it stinks.


 * if you do not dry them in the sun, they will spoil from dampness.
 * if you do not dry them in the sun, they will spoil from dampness.


 * decayed to powder.
 * decayed to powder.


 * Vexed, angry, cross.
 * nettled.
 * nettled.
 * nettled.


 * if he once gets out of patience, he won't go.
 * if he once gets out of patience, he won't go.


 * grouty.
 * grouty.


 * he is irritated, and will have nothing to do with it.
 * he is irritated, and will have nothing to do with it.


 * out of temper.
 * out of temper.


 * thoroughly vexed.
 * thoroughly vexed.


 * so vexed that she looks cross.
 * so vexed that she looks cross.


 * quick-tempered; out of temper; to fly into a passion.
 * quick-tempered; out of temper; to fly into a passion.


 * being in a passion he pushed it away.
 * being in a passion he pushed it away.


 * he is so out of temper that he will not eat.
 * he is so out of temper that he will not eat.


 * he is so out of temper that he will not answer when he is called.
 * he is so out of temper that he will not answer when he is called.


 * he has a very violent temper.
 * he has a very violent temper.


 * Obscure, mysterious.
 * hard to understand; profound.
 * hard to understand; profound.
 * hard to understand; profound.


 * mysterious.
 * mysterious.


 * The passages of the throat.
 * the throat.
 * the throat.
 * the throat.


 * the windpipe.
 * the windpipe.


 * the gullet.
 * the gullet.


 * "Adam's apple."
 * "Adam's apple."


 * the palate.
 * the palate.


 * the tonsils.
 * the tonsils.


 * thirsty.
 * thirsty.


 * sore throat.
 * sore throat.


 * have quinsy.
 * have quinsy.


 * ulcerated throat and swollen belly.
 * ulcerated throat and swollen belly.


 * quench thirst.
 * quench thirst.


 * take a bit to quench thirst.
 * take a bit to quench thirst.


 * tonsils stiffened by reading.
 * tonsils stiffened by reading.


 * the intonation.
 * the intonation.


 * he has a wide gullet.
 * he has a wide gullet.


 * do not mince.
 * do not mince.


 * to choke, to stop up the throat.
 * to choke, to stop up the throat.


 * a fish bone stuck in his throat.
 * a fish bone stuck in his throat.


 * seeing it makes his mouth water.
 * seeing it makes his mouth water.


 * screaming to split his throat.
 * screaming to split his throat.


 * screamed till he was hoarse.
 * screamed till he was hoarse.


 * telling lies.
 * telling lies.


 * you tell lies.
 * you tell lies.


 * don't lie.
 * don't lie.


 * throat husky.
 * throat husky.


 * can not speak aloud.
 * can not speak aloud.


 * no strength of lung.
 * no strength of lung.


 * a resonant voice.
 * a resonant voice.


 * to throttle.
 * to throttle.


 * an imp throttles him.
 * an imp throttles him.


 * cut the throat.
 * cut the throat.


 * Really, I've cut my own throat!
 * Really, I've cut my own throat!


 * his throat is stopped up by phlegm.
 * his throat is stopped up by phlegm.


 * a flask, made from the gullet of an ox.
 * a flask, made from the gullet of an ox.


 * cannot breathe.
 * cannot breathe.