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searching for the enemy

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system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship

1

twentieth century

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ancestor; forefather; foremother

1

collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

1

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

1

twelve o'clock; noon; midnight

1

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

1

reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation

1

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

1

to hear a rumor; to get wind of

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

1

mother

1

to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

1

nightmare; bad dream

1

influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible

1

superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)

1

stopping functioning; being out of service

3

establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming

2

suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

1

return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation

1

evasion; avoidance

2

declaration; statement

1

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

1

panel

1

before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

1

only once

1

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

1

doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious

1

teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher

2

reason; cause; circumstances

1

refutation; rebuttal; retort

1

entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze

1

frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)

1

Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore

1

you (plural)

1

university town; college town

1

crater; pockmark

1

possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people

1

carrier; conveyor

4

career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee

6

to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something

1

loitering on the way; wayside grass

1

at parting; on parting

1

to have an idea; to have a clue

1

cowardly; timid; easily frightened

1

land route; overland route; by land; overland

1

disturbance; perturbation; derangement

1

flying column; detached force

1

motorcycle; motorbike; bicycle

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