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to take the side of the enemy

1

unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable

4

near-death experience

2

malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back

5

moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing

4

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)

15

girls' high school

1

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved

1

to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature

8

using every trick (in the book)

2

flabby

2

drink

7

riding together; sharing a car (taxi, etc.); doing in collaboration; backing of the same candidate by different political parties

2

you; people

5

if is not; if are not

2

thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)

1

pompom; pompon; pom-pom; pom-pon

4

to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar

20

figurative expression; metaphorical expression

2

strong wind; high wind; moderate gale

2

raging storm

3

waist; girth; measurement around waist

1

one example of (when there are more examples)

3

mineral matter; metallic property

3

dorsal fin

3

volley firing; fusillade; broadside

7

with glugging (e.g. of liquid being poured, running down)

1

leviathan

4

divine beast

58

leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)

9

gun turret

18

hard to see; obscured

1

to kill by burning to death

3

lightheadedness; disorientation; wobbliness; staggering

1

founder; originator; pioneer

2

same kind (race); homogeneousness

3

loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce

2

to set on fire; to ignite

1

to begin to drink

1

someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person

4

first experience (of something); first sexual experience

5

too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous

4

to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)

1

fruit tree

2

great storm; very severe weather; upset; surprise result; agitation; upheaval

1

since one's birth; in one's whole life; all one's life

7

food chain

1

aquatic; on the water

10

to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)

13

forest; woods

6