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to leave behind

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synergy

3

the most extreme

1

armchair theory; impracticable theory

1

firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial

2

link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging

2

roguish; impish

3

cockatrice

16

the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

4

the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass

6

to take (be in) charge of

1

praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)

13

tall (of a person)

1

metallic

1

swordsmith; swordmaker

1

Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon

1

to crowd; to flock; to swarm

2

dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion

4

liquid; fluid

4

beginning; start

3

staying in the air; remaining airborne

1

unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless

3

one direction; unidirectional; non-interactive

1

pointing down; pointing downward; (market) decline; downturn; downward trend

3

edged tool; cutlery

1

to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill

1

vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse

2

sadism

1

negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss

2

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

4

tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain

1

petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization

3

to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

1

charcoal; charred remains

1

to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely

2

moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression

2

to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard

2

to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush

2

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

1

last resort

3

and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

2

one night; all night; overnight; one evening

4

to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive

1

making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt

1

nocturnality; nocturnal habits

1

underground; subterranean

4

just a minute; small quantity

2

nourishment

4

able-bodied; robust; sturdy; strong

3

to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance

3