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to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)

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to fall completely silent; to become still as death

1

calm before a storm; lull before the storm

1

off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory

1

to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound

2

sortie; sally; attack

1

to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle

1

boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up

2

insurgent; rioter; mob

1

indescribable; having no way to express

1

self first; striving to be first; scrambling for

1

direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

1

loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness

1

general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate

1

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

3

corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

1

lottery; drawn lot

1

outbreak of war; starting a war

1

silence (not speaking); muteness

1

to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close

1

to scatter; to spread

1

nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things

1

tall figure; high stature

1

man; male; masculine gender

2

assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb

8

one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer

1

Bachelard

6

festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

1

to cool down one's anger

1

frontal attack

1

to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

1

march; advance

4

to point at

2

to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar

2

castle

3

up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual

1

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

1

intelligence

1

strategy; tactics

1

taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair

1

all-out war; total war

1

stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils

1

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

1

one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)

1

guard; convoy; escort

1

to rise; to swell; to be promoted

2

blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end

1

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

2

relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting

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course of action

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