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empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds

3

attack preparedness

1

first class plus; extra special

2

early-summer rain

1

sudden shower; sudden downpour

1

sphere of influence

1

hitting; battering

3

to temper a sword; to forge a sword

1

first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag

2

along; parallel to; in accordance with

1

good plan or policy

1

empty-handed; barehanded; unarmed

1

to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

12

to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

1

to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other

2

yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing

2

no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price

1

to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe

7

to become less capable

1

to settle (a problem)

1

to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish

1

to behead; to decapitate

3

reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation

2

bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

4

archery; mapping; map; morphism

2

axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem

2

earthenware baking pan; parching pan; form of punishment in which a person is forced to walk on an oiled pipe over a charcoal fire (ancient China)

1

scar (e.g. from operation, injection); trace; mark (e.g. skid marks)

2

to shoot or fire off an arrow

1

quick firing; rapid firing

2

dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion

1

to not take seriously; to take lightly

2

strategic

2

esthetics; aesthetics

2

three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

1

successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly

2

false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended

3

to look down (on); to condescend (to)

3

popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)

1

to shoot a person to death

1

dusk; twilight

3

coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

2

grim face

1

to welter in blood; to be covered in blood

1

cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)

2

emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence

2

to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

1

to take up one's residence

1

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

4

rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)

3