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 * salt, sour, sweet, pungent, and bitter, are the five tastes.


 * insipid.
 * insipid.


 * delicious.
 * delicious.


 * very toothsome.
 * very toothsome.


 * lose flavor.
 * lose flavor.


 * its flavor has departed.
 * its flavor has departed.


 * a gamey flavor; delicacies of the forest.
 * a gamey flavor; delicacies of the forest.


 * delicacies from land and sea.
 * delicacies from land and sea.


 * palatable, or unpalatable.
 * palatable, or unpalatable.


 * it tastes good.
 * it tastes good.


 * the savor.
 * the savor.


 * rather insipid.
 * rather insipid.


 * a close smell; musty.
 * a close smell; musty.


 * luscious.
 * luscious.


 * changed its flavor.
 * changed its flavor.


 * you smell and see whether it is good.
 * you smell and see whether it is good.


 * a bad smell or a good smell.
 * a bad smell or a good smell.


 * season it a little more.
 * season it a little more.


 * you must add this, to make the taste just right.
 * you must add this, to make the taste just right.


 * thus it is more relishable.
 * thus it is more relishable.


 * insipid; it does not affect me particularly.
 * insipid; it does not affect me particularly.


 * this fellow is not human.
 * this fellow is not human.


 * no taste for the beauties of books.
 * no taste for the beauties of books.


 * has truly a fraternal disposition.
 * has truly a fraternal disposition.


 * wholly destitute of conjugal tastes.
 * wholly destitute of conjugal tastes.


 * the first of the season.
 * the first of the season.


 * old fruits.
 * old fruits.


 * well-flavored.
 * well-flavored.


 * pretty, amusing, interesting.
 * pretty, amusing, interesting.

bîebie [sic]
 * To trace, to limn, to sketch.
 * to trace letters through paper.
 * to trace letters through paper.
 * to trace letters through paper.


 * to trace letters, laying thin paper over the characters to be copied.
 * to trace letters, laying thin paper over the characters to be copied.


 * limn its likeness.
 * limn its likeness.


 * sketched a good likeness.
 * sketched a good likeness.


 * To peek; to peep; to espy.
 * he comes and peeps about to see if there is any chink for him to see through.
 * he comes and peeps about to see if there is any chink for him to see through.
 * he comes and peeps about to see if there is any chink for him to see through.


 * you need not come and spy around, I know you are there.
 * you need not come and spy around, I know you are there.


 * as he is sure to come spying around, we will prepare for him beforehand.
 * as he is sure to come spying around, we will prepare for him beforehand.


 * no peeking allowed.
 * no peeking allowed.


 * The eyes half shut; to squint.
 * squint-eyed.
 * squint-eyed.
 * squint-eyed.


 * she affects languor by keeping her eyelids half closed.
 * she affects languor by keeping her eyelids half closed.


 * A temple; a fane.
 * the imperial ancestral temple.
 * the imperial ancestral temple.
 * the imperial ancestral temple.


 * an ancestral temple.
 * an ancestral temple.


 * an idol temple.
 * an idol temple.


 * temples of every kind.
 * temples of every kind.


 * one temple.
 * one temple.


 * a temple where civil officers worship.
 * a temple where civil officers worship.


 * a temple where warriors worship.
 * a temple where warriors worship.


 * a temple curator, a sexton.
 * a temple curator, a sexton.


 * newly built temples.
 * newly built temples.


 * the municipal temple in a walled city.
 * the municipal temple in a walled city.


 * the temple of the local god.
 * the temple of the local god.


 * temple of the green dragon.
 * temple of the green dragon.


 * go into the temple to burn incense.
 * go into the temple to burn incense.


 * go to the temple to worship, taking spirit-money, incense, and candles.
 * go to the temple to worship, taking spirit-money, incense, and candles.

bih
 * Flat, thin, flattened out.
 * it has a flat head.
 * it has a flat head.
 * it has a flat head.


 * to flatten by squeezing between two boards.
 * to flatten by squeezing between two boards.


 * squeezed flat.
 * squeezed flat.


 * crushed flat.
 * crushed flat.


 * trampled flat by people.
 * trampled flat by people.


 * To crouch down; to lie perdue; to crouch for the purpose of concealment.
 * as he crouched, the knife failed to hit him.
 * as he crouched, the knife failed to hit him.
 * as he crouched, the knife failed to hit him.


 * ran away quickly crouching out of sight.
 * ran away quickly crouching out of sight.


 * hid away so that he could not be found.
 * hid away so that he could not be found.


 * the hen squats in order to get out of sight.
 * the hen squats in order to get out of sight.


 * he secretly concealed a pile of weapons there.
 * he secretly concealed a pile of weapons there.


 * Bamboos or reeds split into strips; splints; slats.
 * he is making splints.
 * he is making splints.
 * he is making splints.


 * Would you use the outer or the inner portion of the bamboo for this?
 * Would you use the outer or the inner portion of the bamboo for this?


 * slats used for bucket-hoops.
 * slats used for bucket-hoops.

bīobio [sic]
 * Wonderful; subtle; mysterious.
 * very wonderful.
 * very wonderful.
 * very wonderful.


 * very subtle.
 * very subtle.


 * more difficult to fathom.
 * more difficult to fathom.


 * extremely abstruse.
 * extremely abstruse.


 * mysterious.
 * mysterious.


 * ingenious.
 * ingenious.


 * an admirable method.
 * an admirable method.


 * a skilled artist or physician.
 * a skilled artist or physician.


 * a capital scheme.
 * a capital scheme.


 * surprisingly clever.
 * surprisingly clever.


 * subtle thought.
 * subtle thought.


 * a fine thing.
 * a fine thing.


 * a wonderful remedy.
 * a wonderful remedy.


 * supernatural.
 * supernatural.


 * incomparably perfect.
 * incomparably perfect.

bîtbit [sic]
 * Honey; nectar; sugary.
 * honey.
 * honey.
 * honey.


 * honey-bees.
 * honey-bees.


 * bees-wax.
 * bees-wax.


 * the jack-fruit.
 * the jack-fruit.


 * white honey.
 * white honey.


 * pure white honey.
 * pure white honey.


 * old honey.
 * old honey.