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bureau director; office chief

3

grimace; sullen face

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

1

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

1

to answer; to reply

1

morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps

7

too much; excessive; too

2

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

2

somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

1

to be imaginable; to be conceivable

1

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

3

three; three years of age

2

one-eyed; first (in a series); initial

1

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

1

several years; a few years

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

1

practice; practising; experience

1

one after next; second

1

one's own country

1

equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence

1

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

1

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

1

tremendous; immense

1

support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping

1

to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

1

to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

1

many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

1

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

1

to gain a victory; to win

1

enemy army

1

to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken

1

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

4

overwhelming majority

1

war situation; progress of a battle

1

to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over

1

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

1

for this reason

2

to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

1

proposal; proposition; suggestion

1

to be

4

until now; so far; up to the present

1

to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell

2

to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)

1

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

4

to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

2

blue eyes

1

mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing

1

(war) front

1

to go to; to proceed to; to leave for

1

encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)

2