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incident; affair; happening; event

3

doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

1

to pursue an illusion; to pursue a fantasy; to pursue phantoms

1

(built) on sand

1

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

3

if; in case; supposing

1

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

2

numerical; quantitative

4

battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)

2

to double; to increase

2

Lanchester

1

abuse; misuse; taking advantage of

1

to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted

3

self-conceit; pride

1

ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly

1

precedent

1

following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing

1

innovation

1

bias

2

to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt

1

to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)

1

by (means of); with

1

interruption; suspension; break

1

giving an order

1

to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder

1

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

1

traffic obstruction

1

main body (of an army); main force; these troops

9

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

1

war situation; progress of a battle

3

nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

1

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

2

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

1

especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

1

to be hot on a person's heels

1

resistance level (e.g. in share prices); resistance wire; line of resistance

1

to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books

1

crushing defeat

1

to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow

1

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

1

sour look; surly face; pout

1

to be lost in thought

1

out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent

1

chance (of success); odds

2

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

1

temporary; provisional; to do something temporarily (esp. build temporary facilities); to do something provisionally

1

gasoline; petrol

1

source (of a river, etc.)

1

siege

1

thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger

1