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to shine; to glitter; to sparkle

1

departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff

1

to take command; to give direction

2

Tahiti

2

Fiji

1

abandonment; desertion

1

peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades

1

Clark Gable

1

Errol Flynn

1

to survive

1

maritime affairs

1

archipelago; group of islands

2

Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands

1

Steve Christian

1

rape; sexual assault

2

island governor

1

Francisco Goya

2

calamity; disaster; catastrophe

2

(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)

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vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent

2

to escape from; to get out

2

revolutionary (e.g. technology)

1

power; authority; influence

1

pacifism

1

rococo

1

particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest

1

Carlos

3

anti-war

3

oil painting

1

etching

1

copperplate engraving; etching

1

Napoleon; napoleon (Japanese card game)

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private citizen; civilian

8

pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)

2

slaughter; massacre

3

shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)

5

having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end

1

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

1

death by shooting

7

grotesque

1

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

2

to cry and shout; to scream

2

children

6

to tremble with fear

1

woodcut; woodblock print; art print

1

to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)

1

publication; issue

3

historian

2

Anthony

21

Jackson; Juxon

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