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before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

1

both (people); the two of them

3

solitude; loneliness; isolation

2

sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness

1

to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

2

allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)

1

news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition

2

there is nothing; having nothing

1

desolate; dreary; bleak

1

ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

2

to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

1

life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

1

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

3

to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

2

trunk; torso; body; body (of an aircraft); fuselage; hull (of a ship)

1

to bite off

1

salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation

3

bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial

2

to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)

1

to die; to pass away

1

front line; forefront

1

peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades

1

question; query

2

letting (someone) die without helping

1

these guys; these fellows

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

to leak out

1

exchange; conversion

1

to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)

1

to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)

2

to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess

2

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

1

purity (of a substance)

1

secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private

3

manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

2

to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

2

blue sky

1

roof

5

to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled

2

witnessing; observing; sighting

3

top part; surface

1

stir; commotion; noise

1

to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance

1

to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

1

vividly green; lush green; fresh and green; verdant; deep blue

1

dark red; dark brown; reddish brown

3

to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off

2

shock; tremor; impact; vibration

1