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graciously

2

deep emotion; impression; inspiration

2

utmost limit; extremity; result

2

misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity

2

to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

1

peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable

2

military forces; hosts; troops

2

war situation; progress of a battle

3

progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

2

navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)

7

governor-general

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Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty

2

advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)

7

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

7

army

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fierce attack

2

land and water

3

to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow

1

to run away; to escape safely

1

pursuer; pursuing party; posse

1

the late; the deceased

4

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

1

to tremble with fear

1

Xia dynasty (China, perhaps c. 2070-1600 BCE, perhaps mythological); Hsia dynasty

1

mouth; speech; counter for people or implements

1

to take back; to recapture

2

summer

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to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

7

moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression

1

prime minister (in ancient China)

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appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation

2

intrastate

4

composition

1

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

3

seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

1

rather than (do ...)

1

unnecessary; unneeded

1

handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering

4

covering; protection; backing; relief

2

uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable

2

seriously ill

3

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding

2

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

6

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

2

at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove

1

way out; means to escape; escape route

4

to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

1

to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself

1

certain; definite; clear; credible

1

one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

2