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serious wound; serious injury

3

advantage or disadvantage

1

calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare

1

attack; charge; raid

1

reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

2

to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)

1

seldom; rarely; scarcely

1

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

4

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address

2

hostility; enmity

1

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

1

to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)

1

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

3

lying face down; upside down; prone

1

black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence

1

commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner

3

to cast down one's eyes

1

leader; authority; mainstay

5

radical faction or group

1

followers; subordinates; being under someone's command

3

factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions

2

to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied

1

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

4

only; merely; just; at most; no more than

2

dan rank (in martial arts, go, etc.); advanced rank; grade of black belt

1

highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)

2

election; selection; choice

2

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

1

reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind

1

comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...

1

inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

2

sense of language; feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance

1

lunchtime

3

stationing (troops); occupancy

9

half the number; haploid

1

synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive

1

specialist

1

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

2

competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; (lit.) 8 faces and 6 arms

1

activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role

2

nesting hole; burrow; den

1

to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

1

lizardman

4

settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony

1

old castle; old fortress

1

coffin; casket

1

thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight

1

joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party

5