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rare

2

person of character

1

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

1

to explain the situation

1

take a chance; go for broke; nothing ventured, nothing gained

1

appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre

1

to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply

2

sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)

1

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

7

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

2

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

3

slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined

1

ho-ho

1

to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)

1

phew; whew

8

practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout

7

skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper

1

tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?

2

cancellation

4

popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite

1

container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in

1

participant; entrant

1

heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle

3

scene; sight; scenario; setting

6

the end (of); powder

3

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

4

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

1

ring (shaped); circular

1

transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety

1

indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate

2

slaughter; massacre

1

true character; real nature

2

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

1

on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse

1

missile

12

(a) few; some; several

2

to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off

2

landing

1

(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support

3

to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)

1

confetti; ticker tape

2

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

2

fanfare; flourish of trumpets

3

reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation

4

very important person; VIP

7

war cry; roar

2

triumphant pose assumed by an athlete

1

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

7

sword

1

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

1