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defense; defence; pleading; advocacy

1

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

2

plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

1

to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize

1

headlong rush; rushing recklessly

1

surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed

2

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

1

one's school; school one attends or works at

1

to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up

1

to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival

1

in that manner; like that

1

bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

2

to rampage; to run riot

1

rage; fury

1

because

2

shark

37

short time

1

to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess

1

forerunner; ringleader

1

even though; despite; when

1

will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fantuus

7

secondary

1

true value; real worth

1

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

1

common; usual

3

to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

1

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

1

tactics; strategy

2

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

1

bullfighting; bullfight; fighting bull

1

to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

1

deep crimson

1

cape

1

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

1

bullfighter; matador

1

spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering

1

talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk

2

lance; harpoon

1

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

1

trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)

1

achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization

1

often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to

1

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

3

around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing

2

to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind

1

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

2

such; like that; in that way

1

overall; on the whole

3

from the start; from the beginning; from the outset

1

to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

2