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to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)

1

dawn; daybreak

2

talking while standing; standing around talking

1

standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine

1

drawing a sword; drawn sword

1

vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard

1

possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)

2

live decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure

1

I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason

1

to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

2

food

2

to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

3

to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb

3

as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly

1

personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy

1

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

2

thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned

1

end; close; finish; termination

1

to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

15

completely; entirely; absolutely; not at all; not in the least

1

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

3

Port Arthur

1

fort; stronghold; fortification

1

to survive a life-threatening situation; to be out of danger

1

(facial) expression (esp. fierce, fearless, sinister, etc.); look

2

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

1

nine; 9

1

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

1

castle (in place names); castle; fortress

1

insight; power of observation

2

only; nothing but

3

surrender of a castle; surrender of a fortress; capitulation of a stronghold

1

to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase

1

tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people

1

to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory

2

counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.

7

easy-to-understand

1

sound of rainfall

5

after a long time; for the first time in a while

1

carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky

1

considerably; greatly; a lot

1

to comfort; to console; to amuse

4

what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

2

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

1

readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)

2

willpower; energy; vitality

2

to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate

3

to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive

1

trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

4

to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on

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