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to like; to prefer

2

sword

1

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

1

development; growth

1

ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity

1

snappingly; with a snap; merely ...; having just ...

1

school (e.g. of ikebana)

1

to pieces; into shreds

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

4

(divine) providence; dispensation

1

in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

2

mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory

1

satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

4

small number; few; minority

1

war; fighting; fierce competition

1

Laplace

1

mass production

1

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

2

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

1

in order to; for the purpose of; must; should

1

to send in

1

extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly

1

boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening

1

manservant

2

dozens; scores of; decades

1

to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home

2

there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there

3

to kill each other

2

to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal

1

to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power

1

in that manner; like that

2

to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

1

measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy

1

always; constantly

1

slave; servant; slavery

2

class of demons; demonic race; family of demons

1

prisoner (of war)

1

brains; brain tissue

1

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

1

muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking

1

party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit

2

fixed number; certain number; given number; definite number

1

making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing

1

honour; honor

1

pregnant

1

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

2

to parade; to march; to walk in procession

1

village

7

appearing all together

1