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intelligence operative; spy

3

throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction

4

to race against time

1

to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim

1

achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service

1

anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

3

van (of a movement); vanguard; forefront

3

loud voice

1

fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-

1

to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)

1

if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side

1

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

2

ardor; enthusiasm

1

to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

3

to repeat; to do something over again

5

burlesque; low comedy; farce

1

tedious; boring; being fed up with

1

false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself

1

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

3

censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming

1

to pile up; to accumulate

1

to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)

1

to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under

1

waste of time

1

to read the situation; to sense the mood

1

follower

1

fighting alone

1

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

2

to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting

1

abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)

2

to cease; to stop; to be over

2

dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall

2

face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect

1

service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement

2

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

1

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

3

to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself

1

to break into (houses here and there); to rampage

2

now is the time

1

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

11

round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw

1

cooperation; coordination; link

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

interest; eagerness; enthusiasm

1

Mercury (Roman god); Mercury (planet); mercury (Hg)

23

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

19

time of emergency; (in an) emergency

1

lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)

2

to resound; to make a stir

1

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

2