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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam

3

glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly

6

total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale

1

that's so, however ...

2

having said that; on the other hand

8

space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare

2

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

1

a number of days

1

arrival

4

to invade

3

march; marching

3

to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode

1

folding one's arms

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to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

6

counter for choices, options, etc.

1

munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

2

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

1

great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

4

sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

6

to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

3

to obtain; to procure

2

defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence

2

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

2

weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

1

fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight

2

to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)

6

to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below

3

to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand

2

one's own army; one's own team

5

three; 3

6

fourth day of the month; four days

3

calculation; reckoning; count; forecast

3

actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

9

half day

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distance; range

14

even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

3

to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through

4

amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching

1

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

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to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

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with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

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predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

2

rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash

1

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

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in deep black; in jet black

2

to let an opportunity slip

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to be lacking in options; to be too few

1

battle formation

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aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)

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