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funny story; funny anecdote

1

nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name

2

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

3

long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged

1

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

1

battlefield; battleground

1

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

1

to take over; to hand over

1

agent; proxy

1

two

2

weakness

1

even more; still more; further

2

special training; intensive training; crash course

1

implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely

1

to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)

1

sending ahead

1

who; what kind of person

1

undetermined manner of death; suspicious death

1

beast; brute; animal

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unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious

3

we

1

to build a fortune

1

novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic

1

uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

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so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?

1

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

5

preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard

1

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

2

being seen here and there; appearing in various places

1

to inform; to notify; to know; to reign

1

assertion; declaration; affirmation

1

to be the case that

3

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

1

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

1

to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less

1

not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether

1

grandiose; exaggerated

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

2

commander; commanding officer; CO

6

to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

1

single word; a few words; brief comment

2

to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

2

rank (of troops); file; column; formation

6

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

5

detailed instructions

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to wait upon; to serve

2

hat; cap

1

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

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departure

1

edge; brink; verge; time; moment of

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