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food

3

(Catholic) nun; sister

3

quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

2

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

1

the other; the other one

1

whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod

2

range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)

1

subsonic speed

2

firecracker

2

to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance

3

to be muddy; to be slushy

1

mission; errand; task; duty; obligation

1

brilliant; bright; dazzling

1

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

1

to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

1

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

2

starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point

2

distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement

1

to be too short

2

one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword

2

very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

3

(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director

1

to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles

1

to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)

2

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

7

to slip through; to make one's way through quickly

2

to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn

3

light rain; drizzle

1

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

1

to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed

1

inside; interior

1

exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

3

series of battles; successive battles

5

combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting

3

in those days

1

to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously

1

hound; hunting dog; running dog; dupe; tool of another person; cat's-paw

1

motive; incentive; motif

1

backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back

2

amiable; affable

2

bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy

1

falsehood and truth; fiction and fact

1

probe each other; sound each other out

1

to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes

1

exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks

1

to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

4

supervised; under surveillance

1

to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite

1

snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend

1

to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe

1