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securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying

3

adds force or indicates command

10

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

1

adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger

1

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

1

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

19

to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life

1

person

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

1

danger; peril; hazard; risk

1

hidden treasure; treasured article

1

to hold fast; to protect to the end

1

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

2

all; every

1

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

1

to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

1

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

1

adventurer

6

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

5

moonlight; moonbeam

2

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

3

10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

1

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

1

organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

1

source of funds (money)

1

full; in plenty; ample

1

this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

6

run-down shabby house; (arch.) rag and scrap merchant

1

structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling

1

to sniff out; to get wind of

3

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

1

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

3

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion

1

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

1

decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

3

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

1

yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

4

war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset

1

dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion

1

even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing

1

you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

8

to pinch and crush; to pinch out

2

easy; simple; plain

1

truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

4

if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so

3

slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

1

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

4

what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few

2