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hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

6

prize; award

4

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

5

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

3

impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions

2

report; information

5

Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)

1

Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)

1

north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku

1

position; location; base; point; site

1

abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

2

trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence

2

unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

2

independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative

1

relation; connection; relevance

2

number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)

1

striking; remarkable; considerable

1

decrease; reduction; decline

1

to bear fruit

1

formation; combination

1

succession of victories

1

to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

2

(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

2

evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat

4

(in) my own way

1

to build up a hypothesis

1

management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

1

sixty; 60

6

four

6

group (usu. of people)

1

detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered

1

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

4

200; two hundred

3

fifty; 50

3

six; 6

3

general; shogun

3

small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude

1

no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

2

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

12

how many people; a number of people

2

pyramid-style; pyramid-shaped

1

group; party; team; organization; organisation; association

2

simple calculation

1

accurate; correct; precise; exact

2

granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman

1

ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

1

to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

1

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

2

simultaneous; all at once

6

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

2