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easy to understand

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to overhear

1

seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)

1

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

1

employee; worker

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to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

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beating (inflicted as punishment); mob violence; mob justice

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guarantee of safety; ensuring safety

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preference; priority; precedence

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accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

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road; highway

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reinforcement

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to lose sight of; to miss

2

slow-footed

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to rebuke; to scold harshly

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putting off; postponing

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group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude

2

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

1

whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

1

public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing

2

guard; convoy; escort

1

to hang up; to end a telephone conversation

2

busy; hurried; confused; flurried

1

large number (of); many; majority

1

one's person

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charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

3

to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by

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such ... as; or some such

3

initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor

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crowd of people

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other side; opposite side; other party

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check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

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flash (of light); glint; schiller

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counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets

4

dim; gloomy

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to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up

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to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another

1

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

2

to shut in; to confine; to contain

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like this; in this way; as you see

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as one of

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gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy

2

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

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ability; skill; facility

2

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

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almost everyone

1

efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services

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massing (of troops); gathering

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difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

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long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive

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