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advantage

3

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

1

August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

2

fifth day of the month; five days

1

Little Boy

1

tomorrow; near future

11

mere; only a ...

2

trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle

1

off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory

1

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

1

excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance

4

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

4

one chance; only opportunity; maybe; perhaps; one-night stand

3

faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)

1

to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest

1

Enola Gay

1

stateroom; cabin

1

radar

10

Jacob

1

luminous point

1

frail; slender; feminine

1

brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

1

to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

1

trivial; slight

1

captain (of an aircraft)

5

only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be

4

special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

3

-made; make

2

kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer

1

glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle

1

sudden rise; steep climb; zoom; trending

1

visual confirmation; sighting

2

to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head

1

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

2

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

4

being struck by lightning; torpedo attack

1

fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)

2

baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage

2

confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

2

critical moment; do-or-die situation

1

correction; rectification; mending; repair

1

antiquity; ancient times

2

little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

1

annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat

1

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

11

un-; non-; negative prefix

1

reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong

1

only once

2

closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling

2

jinx; omen (can be a good omen)

2