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Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)

1

first-rate; finest quality; the best

1

surroundings; environs; circumference

14

to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence

2

immediate reply

6

to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

14

armory; armoury; arsenal; ordnance department

1

battleship

12

grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)

1

honour; honor

1

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

1

to rescue from; to help out of; to save

9

fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight

4

vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel

2

three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again

3

joining one's warship

4

destruction; disruption; (application) crash

7

brave fight; desperate fight

4

style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)

13

friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides

1

to make known

1

complete victory; total victory

3

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

3

great general

2

military fame

1

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

1

to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty

1

coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate

6

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

1

youngest

1

sincere; honest; faithful

4

attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance

10

to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)

2

figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

2

to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

8

associate; junior; assistant; runner-up

3

to stoop; to bend over

1

Theodore

2

the other day; some days ago; recently; a day in the past

1

kummel (liqueur flavored with caraway seed or cumin)

1

baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)

1

residence; mansion

1

attempted assassination

3

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

5

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

10

person; member

5

shooting to death

2

merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience

4

to praise; to extol; to laud; to appreciate; to admire

1

of the same age; age-matched

3