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greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable

6

to spit

2

in history; ever; historical

1

training (animals); breaking (animals)

9

guerrilla warfare

6

to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits

1

culling; putting down; slaughtering; killing

3

head-on collision

1

to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch

21

weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person

6

to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen

1

(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability

5

act of retaliation

1

private; personal

9

public; official

2

duty; obligation

17

submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)

1

to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)

6

nodding; greeting (with eyes)

6

to catch one's attention

1

to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on

4

only; nothing but

5

jumping to a wrong conclusion

6

mark of liveliness; sign of activity

1

great mistake

7

worst; poor and boring; uncool

1

relative; relation

2

one night; all night; overnight; one evening

6

to make known

2

medulla; marrow; pith

2

gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance

23

king

6

gung-ho

6

to slay; to cut down (a foe)

1

setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

2

leading part; leading actor; leading actress

16

wild enthusiasm; being crazy about

13

disgrace; discredit; dishonor; dishonour; blot; shame

5

showing one's face in public; facing another person

1

dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

11

fighting spirit; (will to) fight

15

affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship

8

respect

3

dragon (as depicted in Western myths)

48

given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this

2

to hammer out the details; to work out details

3

toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often

2

to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

2

carrying (child) under arm

7

to fall asleep

1