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of all people

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to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

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noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless

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enemy army

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warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment

3

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

2

border zone

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battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)

6

diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted

2

officers and men

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sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

3

unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision

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almond (Prunus dulcis)

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be (that) as it may; having said that

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to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind

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before one's eyes

2

to cut in; to butt in

1

commander-in-chief; supreme commander

40

caries; carious; spinal caries; tuberculous osteitis

106

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

1

triumphant return; returning in triumph

4

to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to

3

among the mountains

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mountains

2

freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)

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(war) front

3

deadlock; stalemate

3

staff; staff officer

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imperial capital

53

war council

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opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

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ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to

2

close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

1

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

2

face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members

1

to suffer a loss

1

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

1

to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect

2

desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire

1

splendid; magnificent; gorgeous

1

front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage

1

exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

2

had better ...; had better not ...

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laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

2

nihilistic

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proxy; representative

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