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grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

2

(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis

1

heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop

1

in the manner of an old person; like that of an old person; fusty; old-fashioned; fogyish

1

to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

1

condition; state (of health); appearance

1

to race against time

1

detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of

5

hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden

5

(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy

4

to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up

3

for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest

2

phrase; strawberry

7

to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard

1

omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor

2

to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)

3

commencing with; including

2

personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups

1

set; suit

1

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

2

cinchona

1

to break the silence; to break one's silence

3

edged tool; cutlery

3

cut wound; incised wound; knife wound

1

wearing a kasaya; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder); slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder

1

surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard

6

naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell

1

to stiffen; to become stiff

5

to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

1

serious injury

2

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

1

(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

7

snappingly; with a snap

1

to smash; to break

2

sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

1

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

2

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability

1

upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

1

masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality

1

severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious

1

characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate

3

to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner

2

serious wound; serious injury

1

to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict

1

to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

2

to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

3

folding one's arms

2

to get information out of a person; to begin listening

8

indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

2

with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb

1