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saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing

2

plus; addition; positive (number); plus sign; positive symbol; advantage; plus

1

duty; obligation; responsibility

1

poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!

3

working without pay; free service; work for nothing

1

to grow up; to become an adult

1

to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy

3

stickily; relentlessly

1

teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

1

small

1

market

1

reel

1

Alfred the Great (849-899)

8

great king

5

exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though

6

to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

1

Latin (language)

1

Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ

1

English (language)

1

to translate; to interpret

1

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

4

England

1

to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)

1

Viking; smorgasbord; buffet; smorgasbord (of things); hodge-podge

3

most part; greater part; majority

2

occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture

1

battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition

1

to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

1

subordinate person

1

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

1

marshland; wetland; swampland

1

forest; shrine grove

2

to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

1

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

1

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

1

counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.

1

cattleman; raising cattle

5

tiredness; fatigue

1

to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)

1

passing (along the way)

1

fisherman

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

2

baked sweets

2

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

1

being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind

1

tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

1

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

2

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

6

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

4