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pitch black

2

light brown; tawny

1

dark brown; olive brown

1

jet black

1

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

1

five (long cylindrical things)

1

to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

6

to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

4

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

1

cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection

1

both arms

1

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

1

to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words

1

leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing

1

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

1

16; sixteen

2

folding fan

1

thousands; several thousand

2

to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)

2

assassin

1

gun; rifle; small arms

1

two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages

1

to take someone's life; to kill someone

1

to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

1

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

1

to happen to ride together; to share a vehicle; to (operate a) carpool

1

complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

1

to escape danger

1

edge; brink; verge; time; moment of

1

as necessary

1

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

1

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

1

process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction

1

whatever

1

long and large; tall and large; grand; huge

1

appearance; arrival; make one's appearance

1

ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

2

setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)

1

less than ...; smaller ...

1

around the world; throughout the world

1

(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling

8

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

1

grater

1

to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)

1

Mikael; Michael

1

kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)

1

aria; singing; chanting

3

power; might; authority; influence

2

vampire

1

true ancestor; var. of vampire (in fiction)

2