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to draw a sword

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to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

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with all one's strength; with all one's might

3

to fling (away); to hurl

3

violence; murder; crime

2

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

1

intercept; interception; counter-attack

2

to raise overhead

1

in succession; one by one

1

high-pitched; shrill

2

deed; act

1

to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain

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to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

14

bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

1

beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal

1

unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident

1

bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly

1

ant

1

group; mass

3

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

5

to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

3

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

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storm; windstorm; gale

3

to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order

2

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

2

to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate

2

to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)

2

forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front

8

lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating

1

to break; to smash

3

direct unforked road; straight path

2

to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)

1

to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

2

obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)

2

to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

2

spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour

3

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

2

to put one's strength into

6

ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

1

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

1

to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

3

going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead

2

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

6

to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout

1

sidelong glance; short grain (paper)

1

tailwind; fair wind; favorable wind (favourable); favorable condition (favourable); advantageous situation

1

100; hundred

4

leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

3

garden shrubs; trees; potted plant

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

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