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touch; contact

1

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

3

retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)

1

sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)

1

of the same age; age-matched

1

much less; to say nothing of

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

2

formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy

2

itchy

1

expansion; swelling; increase; growth

1

to be at a loss; to be puzzled

1

eldest

2

to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff

1

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

1

distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness

1

acquaintance

1

many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

1

pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model

1

army corps; corps

1

trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

1

well; now; then

3

to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

1

coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay

1

with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction

1

to repeat; to do something over again

2

eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam

1

order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement

7

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

1

to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

1

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

3

gesture; gesticulation; motion

1

easy to understand

1

to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

1

to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions

2

leeward; lee; downwind

1

cluster of trees; grove; thicket

1

to hide oneself

1

to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)

1

attack; charge; raid

2

nowadays; recently

1

pet dog; non-sporting dog

1

hound; hunting dog; gun dog

1

breed of dog

2

to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)

1

incident; affair; happening; event

1

backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

1

well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!

1

I appreciate your efforts

1

to be out of breath

2

directions; instructions; orders; command

1