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surprise tactics

2

plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

3

riding separately

2

to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude

9

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

4

to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

7

age of a warship

2

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

1

near; nearby; not far off

2

scaling; climbing; ascending

1

to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)

1

rest; relief; relaxation

1

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

2

generously; liberally; magnanimously

1

daily necessities

1

to buy; to purchase

8

woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute

2

everyday life; daily life

3

date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)

14

monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic

5

to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

8

Age of Discovery; Age of Exploration

3

trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties

1

the seven seas

1

conquest; domination; mastery

1

founder; originator; pioneer

1

seamanship; (the art of) navigation

1

fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience

4

calm (at sea); lull

1

scurvy

1

spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread

1

success or failure; outcome; result

3

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

1

virtue

3

to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate

3

sailing

1

steam turbine

2

power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity

5

change; conversion; transformation; transformation

2

to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly

3

but; however; even though; even if

1

escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion

1

as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

3

traversing; walking along the ridge of a mountain range; longitudinal

1

attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment

2

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift

3

great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking

1

novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book

1

adopting (novel, etc.) for the theatre (theater)

1

making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen

1