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literally, following the “letter” or the exact words; giving a strict construction or translation.
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roasting, cooking by exposure to radiant heat before a fire or in an oven, open or close.
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broiling, cooking by direct exposure to heat over a fire. Meat is roasted before the fire on a spit; it is broiled over a flame on a gridiron.
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the elder brother . Lamb says that people learned to broil first, and to roast afterwards. Hence broiling is the elder brother.
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1705034649
swineherd, keeper of swine or pigs.
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as his manner was, as was his usual practice.
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mast, any kind of nut, used collectively, especially as food for pigs.
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Bo-bo， 宝宝．
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1705034657
lubberly, clumsy and awkward.
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1705034659
youngsters, young boys; lads.
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1705034661
kindling, catching on fire; igniting.
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1705034663
conflagration, fire, especially a large destructive fire.
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1705034665
mansion, house; abode; dwelling place. To avoid repeating the word cottage , Lamb resorts to other words like mansion , tenement , makeshift of a building . It is also humorous to turn a cottage into a mansion .
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reduced to ashes, burned completely down to the ground till nothing was left of the house but the ashes.
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1705034669
sorry, shabby; wretched; very mean sort of.
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antediluvian, of the period before the Deluge or Great Flood; hence, old, out-of-date, antiquated.
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makeshift of a building, temporary building; any sort of house.
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fine litter, excellent group; a number of good pigs brought forth at a birth.
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new-farrowed, new-born. To farrow （to bring forth young） is used only of sows.
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perished, were killed; died.
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esteemed a luxury, looked upon as something very special and desirable; valued or prized as especially delicious and tasteful.
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from the remotest periods that we read of, from the most ancient time; from the very beginning of history.
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utmost consternation, extreme paralyzing sense of calamity; absolute dismay; greatest fear of punishment.
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wringing his hands, writhing and twisting his hands, not knowing what to do.
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smoking remnants, what was left of the pig but which was still giving forth smoke, still burning.
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