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the other; the other one

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whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke

2

range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)

1

subsonic speed

2

firecracker

2

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

3

to become muddy; to become 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; 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; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm

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; excuse; grounds (for)

7

to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade

2

stepping (on); trampling (on); trampling on (someone's feelings, rights, etc.); treating with contempt; disregarding

1

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; (within) one's mind; one's soul; one's heart

1

to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt

2

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

1

motive; incentive; motif

1

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

2

amiable; affable

2

bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops

1

falsehood and truth; fiction and fact

1

sounding each other out; probing each other

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

(political) purge

2

changing one's mind

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(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

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