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barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless

3

way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character

2

buffer zone

3

to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with

1

tacit; unspoken; implicit

1

centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance

1

chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)

7

the front

1

design

1

carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)

2

registration book; registration card

2

illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)

2

concubine (of a noble)

4

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition

2

shade; shadow

1

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

1

bringing up; rearing; upbringing

1

biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)

4

to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse

2

education; training; discipline

1

attitude to life; form of existence; way of life

1

enlightenment; spiritual awakening; opening one's eyes to the truth; gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight; opening the eyes

1

alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)

3

volunteer soldier

1

military cadet; officer cadet

3

on the way; someday

1

commander-in-chief; supreme commander

1

branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family

3

desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire

2

henchman; right-hand man; trusted confidant; inner circle

2

mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth

1

reputation; respectability; honour; honor

2

Europe and America; the West

1

inferiority

1

foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting

1

irreplaceable

1

invading army

3

fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls

2

to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

2

young person; inexperienced person; novice

1

military discharge

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

2

to pitch camp; to set up camp

2

Lanchester

1

first; preliminary; primary (sources, industry, etc.); original; linear (function, equation); first-order

1

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

2

sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant

1

salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay

2

sun

3

haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)

1