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measuring; measurement

1

extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness

2

Tomcat (fighter aircraft); F-14

5

we; us

3

charge (of something); matter in one's charge; (one's) assignment; (one's) job

1

nine o'clock

1

the other day; lately; recently

1

impatience

1

having lost face; in a bind

1

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

2

desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

1

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

1

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

2

setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

1

most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

1

gallant; dashing; jaunty

1

eastern coast; east bank

7

weak; frail; fragile

1

exposure; disclosure

2

negotiations; discussions; connection

6

confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)

1

political strife

1

another thing; exception; special case

1

direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

1

incoming telephone call; telegram received

1

course; direction

2

corruption (of order, customs, etc.); to fall apart (organization, system, etc.)

1

Canada

4

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

1

literally; to the letter; literal

1

to surge like an avalanche; to flood; to swarm; to stampede

1

to play a leading role; to play a central part

2

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

2

connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within

1

disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation

1

level ground; plain; flatland

1

to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)

2

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

1

appearance; emergence

1

means; method

1

to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

1

violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority

1

side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife

1

to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)

1

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

1

one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good

1

improvement; reform

1

one's own army; one's own team

1

relative

2

to make sense

1