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hào; kênh; hào đào

enouter moat (of a castle)

eninquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through

encanal

eninner moat; moat within the castle walls

enfish pond (artificially stocked); fishing pond

encanal

endigging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing) · country bumpkin; yokel

ento dig through; to drill into; to excavate

enpocket gopher

ento dig up messily

ento dig up; to turn up; to tear up · to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over

en(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove

encanal; waterway; ditch

enside of a moat

endry moat

enirrigation ditch

enkobori; swimming while wearing armor

enburrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)

enascending trench or pathway cut into a naturally-occurring slope

enman-made water channel (e.g. round a castle); artificial trench; moat

enmoat; horizontal trench

ento work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)

ento remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; to fill in the outer moat

enleaving someone behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone

endigging deeply (below the surface); mining deep · probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly

ento be clear of obstacles in the way of one's objective