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signal gun; starting gun

2

to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon

2

cowardly; timid; easily frightened

1

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

1

declaration of war

5

edict; ordinance; proclamation

5

plural; multiple; several

5

front; frontage; facade; main

7

to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)

1

a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late

2

chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold

2

going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state

1

war funds; war expenditures; military spending

18

maintenance of public order; maintaining security

9

cost; expense

3

Warsaw (Poland)

7

chronic

1

to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)

1

barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)

1

neighboring countries; surrounding countries

1

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

2

truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

3

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

5

in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

1

check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit

6

careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

1

military threat

1

making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt

2

same text; same wording; same script; same language

1

unnecessary; needless

3

often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to

1

normalcy; normality; normal

3

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

1

being at cross-purposes from the start; getting off on the wrong foot; (lit.) doing up one's buttons wrongly

1

hibernation

2

first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being

2

peace

11

temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

1

full operation (e.g. factory, machine, reactor); full strength; full speed

4

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

2

Ankara (Turkey)

1

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

2

as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

1

mood

4

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

7

to pretend

1

deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony

1

prime minister; premier; chancellor

1

absolute

5

unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight

2