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disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing

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son of a distinguished family; son of a noble

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to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch

2

to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

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to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about

1

exaggerated; overblown; overdone

2

shrewd; astute; cunning; alert

1

motive; incentive; motif

1

successor; heir; heiress

1

to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse

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(starting) from nothing; from scratch

3

duty; honor; honour

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to nock (an arrow); to fix an arrow to the string

6

lethality; killing effectiveness

1

to hide; to keep to oneself

1

interval

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hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle

2

(incredibly) cruel; atrocious; brutal; horrible; terrible; horrific

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forearm

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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

to have no chance (of succeeding)

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playing dead; feigning death; playing possum

3

to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out

1

to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on

3

power; authority; jurisdiction

1

necessity; inevitability

1

patronage; protection

1

while crying; tearfully; in tears

1

refreshing; clear

1

headless; decapitated

1

warship

1

indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate

1

decoration; order; medal

1

loud laughter; roaring with laughter

1

7th day of the month; seven days

1

irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals

1

rare; uncommon

2

to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first

1

shin; shank; lower leg

2

to incur the wrath of the gods (e.g. by doing something immoral); to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins

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superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)

1

school of painting

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to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)

1

reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)

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head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest

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power; motive power; three-phase electricity

2

skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower

1

good young man; agreeable youth

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older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

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to start (something); to start up; to launch (a business); to boot (a computer); to launch (a program)

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