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1 with arms crossed

1 a rope ladder

1 to measure

2 measurement

1 lit. wind past your ear

2 fig. sth you don't pay much attention to

3 in one ear and out the other

1 load

2 burden

3 charge

1 braces (med.)

2 fetters

3 manacles

1 lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations

2 to act on hearsay evidence

1 surname Jue

1 Waley or Whaley (name)

2 Arthur Waley (1889-1966), pioneer British sinologist

1 dimple

1 freshly dug up earth

1 to use sth to the full

2 to make the best use of everything

1 core of the earth (geology)

1 second lieutenant (army rank)

1 Archaean (geological eon before 2500m years ago)

1 effect

2 efficacy

3 to imitate

1 flavonoid (chemistry)

1 bureaucrat

2 colleague

1 (spider)

1 at worst

2 if worst comes to worst

3 serious

4 alarming