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stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics

6

certain; definite; clear; credible

6

communications partner; entity at the end of a communication

2

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

2

to find (after searching everywhere); to locate; to discover

2

to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards

2

to annoy; to irritate; to cause offence; to provoke; to get on someone's nerves

2

to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into

10

lending and borrowing

3

to come face to face (with)

3

uncle

2

penalty kick; psychokinesis; parkour

1

to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by

8

talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk

2

to strike each other; to come to blows; to fight; to say (useless things, facetious remarks, etc.) to each other

1

bad habit; vice

2

if is not; if are not

1

too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous

4

to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand

1

historic; historical

4

Hannibal

1

to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated

29

before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme

2

to stop talking; to be silent

6

based on; built on; made from

10

the second ...

1

wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds

27

mineral resources

1

to begin to

1

cramped

1

to wish someone good luck; to wish someone success

6

madder red; dark red; crimson

2

ash

9

rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new

4

under construction

1

traffic lane; road lane

1

barrier; checkpoint; checking station

1

simply put; putting it simply; in short

1

n-storied building

5

to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion

2

to be jumbled together

5

origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry

2

friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship

2

to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred

2

arrow (symbol); (romantic) interest (for a certain person); direction (of one's attention, etc.)

4

car (running) on the opposite lane; oncoming car; oncoming traffic

1

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

1

Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa-nostalgic; old-fashioned

1

rococo

2

inner-city area; city center

1