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to cross swords with

4

to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook

1

manly

2

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

13

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

10

preparing to flee; being ready to run away

1

hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable

4

interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)

1

you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you

16

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

2

wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood

2

to make a fool of someone

1

some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')

2

audience; spectator; spectators

2

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

27

just as one wishes

3

hostage

2

flash; brandish

3

handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)

1

left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)

2

bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost

2

arc

1

dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim

1

transactions; dealings; business

9

this person

24

special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured

2

shooting; sniping

1

coward; dastard

1

one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game

1

fair; fare; fear

5

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

8

cane; walking stick; staff; wand

9

squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug

3

pointing down; pointing downward; (market) decline; downturn; downward trend

2

to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below

4

missile

1

rising; ascending; climbing

3

to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed

1

kick

2

strength; power; proficiency; ability

5

all right (e.g. when guiding a driver); keep coming; OK

3

to grasp; to get

1

balance

12

half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

5

seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent

1

three minutes

1

firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot

1

lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine

2

tusk; fang

3

king of beasts (i.e. lion)

2