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massing (of troops); gathering

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railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line

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

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retreat; withdrawal; retirement

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withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway

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tactics

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shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.); barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)

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rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)

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nimble

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raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; shortstop; short

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basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally

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entry; going into; approach

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decision; determination

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approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

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claw; talon

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sprint; dash; scampering

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(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit

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low (level, value, price, etc.)

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carbonic acid gas; carbon dioxide; CO2

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compressed gas cylinder; aerosol spray can

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weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

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to think nothing of ...; to care nothing for ...; to be undaunted by ...; to defy ...; to brave ...; to pay no attention to ...

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hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift

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lattice; latticework; lattice door; check(ed) pattern; plaid

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to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

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dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon

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coming flying in (of migratory birds, airborne sand, etc.); coming by airplane

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arrow; wedge; chock

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to stick (in); to stick out; to rise sharply; to stand (doing nothing)

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to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat

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damage

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born of the same mother; kindred spirits

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conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch

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shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

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heavily; profoundly

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steel sheet; steel plate

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to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve

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invisibly; secretly; privately

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to hide oneself

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spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion

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advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (player)

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equipment

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to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

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urging soldiers to fight more vigorously

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poisonous; toxic; noxious; malicious; spiteful; hurtful

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to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through

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cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up

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foreign enemy; outside invader

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the street; the town

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standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

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