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accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable

1

for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance

1

stray bullet

2

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

4

to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

1

thoughts; thinking

1

huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to

1

one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view

1

unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight

3

blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space

3

dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine

1

four o'clock

2

to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

1

deployment; disposition; posting; stationing

2

final adjustment; final coordination

1

kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre

2

bullet; shot; shell

14

telescope

6

enemy army

12

a few hours

2

hope of success; prospects of success

1

to weigh on a scale; to weigh up options; to compare pros and cons

1

suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly; suddenly (stand up)

1

after sunset

1

mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

1

landing place (for aircraft); common ground; compromise; agreement

1

to feel like; to feel inclined to do

1

useless; vain; aimless; idle

1

conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative

1

to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime

1

night attack; nocturnal assault

1

prediction; estimation

3

shooting; gunning (down)

21

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

3

mobility

1

under cover of night

1

elect (select) few

1

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)

5

disturbance; perturbation; derangement

2

field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly

1

to carry in one's pocket; to own; to take; to carry about

1

ordinary; common; mediocre

2

makeshift

1

without exaggeration; truthful; factual

1

complete devotion; body and soul; one's best

1

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

2

since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life

1

second-rate; inferior

1

tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite

1

to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over

2