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performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment

1

dream; vision; reverie

2

to fall on one's backside; to land on one's rear

4

falling on one's backside; pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside

1

carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting oneself; soiling oneself

1

selection

4

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

7

to devise a plan; to work out a plan

1

collapsing in the middle of a bout; breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway

1

time limit

2

power map; power structure; power relationships

2

condition

2

to put up resistance

1

the front

1

secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

3

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

2

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

2

complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome

3

to repaint; to paint again; to paint (a different colour); to change completely; to break (a record); to redraw (e.g. the map)

1

soon; shortly; nearly; almost

2

critical section

1

emerald green

1

slightly elevated; slightly higher (of a price); marginally up; edging higher

1

being dotted about; being scattered; being interspersed

3

salt lake; saline lake

1

lakeside; lakeshore; lakefront

2

(a person's) appearance; looks

1

anachronism

1

vampire; bloodsucker

30

to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)

1

to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy

2

under the orders of; by order (command)

1

guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden

26

to lure out; to entice out

1

performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation

3

verbal promise; one's word

3

northern or southern lights; aurora borealis or australis

1

at a stroke; with a single swoop

1

main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence

1

lakeshore; lakeside

1

dry riverbed; river beach

1

dangerous; risky

1

(your) judgment; discernment

5

place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

1

to become frayed; to become loose

3

there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have; nonexistent; not in one's possession; we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have what we don't have

1

omen; sign; notice; indication

7

one may well say so, but ...; even more than

2

to narrow down the range

2

to play a central role; to take a leading part

2