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to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

4

not yet fixed; undecided; pending; TBD

1

making (something) widely known; announcement; unveiling

3

terrace

2

brawl outside the stadium; fighting outside ring (wrestling); ring-side battle; verbal fight via the media

1

to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

6

to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)

1

to finish saying

6

Rider Kick

1

whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly

1

elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

2

remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)

1

causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart

1

to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous

2

exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose

1

defense; defence; pleading; advocacy

2

public prosecutor

1

accused; defendant; prisoner at the bar

1

confession; admission

1

to act tough; to act bad; to act worse than one really is

1

approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)

1

arbitration; intercession; mediation

4

stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon

2

to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)

1

communication

3

phew; whew

1

nonresistance

7

goddess

1

to become dim; to become blurred

2

hallucination; illusion

2

doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples

1

fast (talking); rapid; quick-tongued

1

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

4

younger scholar; future reference

2

to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. of hair)

1

winner-takes-all (system); taking everything (esp. winnings)

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.

1

one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point

2

to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)

6

diversion (from one's worries, troubles, etc.); distraction; amusement

1

thousand; 1,000

9

analysis

2

to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay

1

thank you very much

1

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

4

(political) purge

2

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

7

all (there is); as long as there is

1

to get dry

4