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SAT; Scholastic Assessment Test; Scholastic Aptitude Test

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blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)

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shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.); barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)

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hostage

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to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in

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to have one's knees be about to give way

1

a hard time; pains

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to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

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police drama (television); detective drama

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call; appeal

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megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer

1

to shout (in anger); to yell

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siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

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negotiator

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postponement; deferment; extension (of time)

1

surrender

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forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced

3

to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize

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public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus

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bashing; fierce criticism; busing (catering); bussing; removing dirty plates, cutlery, etc. from a table in a restaurant

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to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

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battlefield; battleground

2

answer respectively agreement or disagreement

3

stray bullet

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outside of; not covered by

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sniper

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to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)

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shooting to death

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hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind

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to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

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packing tape

3

we

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shooting; sniping

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force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party

2

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

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Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

2

battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest

1

small change; coins; small sum of money

3

to brave a danger; to take a risk

2

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

storehouse; warehouse; godown

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stock; inventory

3

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

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railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring

3

platform; home; home base; home plate

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passenger

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accident resulting in personal injury or death (esp. traffic, rail, etc.)

2

diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram

2

to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

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for the first time in one's life

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