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right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

2

woman; lady; adult female

2

excelling; surpassing; outdoing

1

1,000,000; one million; million; many

2

Persia

1

to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept

1

to succeed; to bear fruit

4

acceleration

1

sensual; voluptuous; sexy; arousing

1

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

9

un-; non-; negative prefix

2

discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion

1

triumphant air; smugness

1

boxing club

1

cycling; bicycling

1

adventurous spirit; sense of adventure

1

imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign

4

brake light; stoplight

1

change of course; route change; direction change

1

makikomi (judo throw); vehicle accident involving a turn (e.g. when a car turns and hits a bicycle that was going straight); left-turn accident; right-turn accident

1

stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop

12

rear-end collision

1

light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms

5

rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion

1

tank (military vehicle); chariot

1

distracted driving

2

headphone

1

how; in what way

3

extremely important; essential; vital; crucial

1

formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff

1

(not) much; (not) very; (arch.) like this; (arch.) as a rule

1

dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine

2

foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage

1

to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire

3

Department of Defense (U.S.); the Pentagon

2

news of someone's death; obituary

1

heavy loss

1

illiteracy; ignorance; arhat; someone who has attained nirvana

1

countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick

2

brood parasitism (planting one's eggs in another bird's nest, as demonstrated by the cuckoo, etc.)

2

to pull in; to take for oneself; to tuck up (one's sleeves)

1

great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)

2

shrike (any bird of family Laniidae); bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus); butcher bird

1

to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)

1

bearing; heading; point of the compass

1

grey; gray; ashen

4

dark; blackish

2

due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work

1

to be able to see far into the distance; to have good long-distance vision

1

everything one owns

3