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massing (of troops); gathering

1

short; brief

2

best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent

1

progress; development

3

defeat; loss; reverse; setback

1

earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue

1

(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

1

payment

2

arrears; (being) overdue; delay (e.g. in payment); procrastination

1

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

1

to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding

1

requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)

4

three kinds; three varieties

2

sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror); implement used in religious ceremonies

2

head; brains; intellect; understanding

2

Balder

14

replica

3

artificial intelligence; AI

7

seawater; saltwater

1

energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy

2

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

8

nuclear reactor

2

engineering

1

chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)

1

plant (i.e. equipment, machinery, etc.); plant; vegetation

19

indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

2

to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

2

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

3

seizure; attachment; foreclosure

1

checkmate

1

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

3

despair; hopelessness

5

worst; worst-case (scenario)

2

evasion; avoidance

1

in order to do; for the purpose of doing

1

compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement

1

to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)

2

training (esp. in-service); induction course

1

to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

2

to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

2

light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

3

sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

6

to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one

2

frequency (of occurrence)

1

day by day; every day; by the day

1

to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...

1

to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

1

to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce

1

deed; act

1

war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

1