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local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

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spring picking; first flush (tea)

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kindness; favor; favour

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demand for; request

3

chaos of war; war turmoil

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willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations

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vanguard; advance guard

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to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for

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Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

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loyalty; faithfulness

2

face; honour; honor; appearance; look

2

spirit; heart; disposition

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at many levels

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to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken

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even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still

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making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared; rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist

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looking at each other; postponement; suspension; interruption

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economical; bargain; good value; good-value

1

easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic

4

judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict

1

application; request; petition

2

public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)

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(enter into, be in) a state of war

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publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda

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to make publicly known; to profess to be; to pretend to be; to pass off for; to pose as

3

smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious

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preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

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to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through

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700; seven hundred

3

deployment; disposition; posting; stationing

2

dominant; ruling

1

to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up

1

actual work

4

same number

3

3000; three thousand; many

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important place; strategic point; critical location

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to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow

2

one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route

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all-out war; total war

3

intensification; aggravation

2

state of the war; war situation

6

rare

1

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

4

great war; great battle; world war

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to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

2

to double; to increase

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friendly army; friendly troops; allied army

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annexation; merger; swallowing up

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it hasn't been long since

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