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for this reason

8

possible; potential; practicable; feasible

5

marriage proposal; courtship

2

prank; practical joke

2

there being no use in arguing (about it)

1

to knock down; to knock off

3

mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

3

-less; lacking; non-existing

12

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

4

impregnable

1

crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received

1

to fight each other

1

not budging an inch; to stand one's ground

1

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

28

weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight

2

opposite; reverse; contrary

2

to fade; to become dim

1

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

7

secrets; mysteries

7

bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)

1

seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)

3

to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear

3

most difficult; next to impossible

2

previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

13

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

11

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

2

point of a sword

1

whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod

1

to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant

1

living thing; living creature; animal; life

3

phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance

1

stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation

1

moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time

5

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

2

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

3

to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength

1

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

19

six (long cylindrical things)

1

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

6

to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)

1

as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

40

camber

3

to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

1

to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around

1

to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in

3

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

7

daddy; father; husband

1

to rush over; to run up to

5

at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion

25

to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver

1