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batting first

2

taking the field first, thus batting second

1

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

3

declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

1

to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

1

now that; since; so long as; because

1

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

2

escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

3

oath; vow

2

shoulder

1

half day

1

hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar

2

dawn breaks; day dawns

1

fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment

1

battleaxe

3

plan; design; layout

1

mistake; error; blunder

1

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold

1

hatchet; adze; adz

2

hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip

1

to be too short

1

one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre

1

axe; ax; hatchet

4

to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate

1

little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

1

to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with

1

to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

1

foolish; stupid; silly

2

unlucky

1

hard to reach place; remote place

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

2

clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

1

arrogance

1

one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword

2

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

1

to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to

2

pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking

1

to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited

2

remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)

1

deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely

1

one's social position; one's place; one's standing

1

to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

2

boundary; (nuclear) criticality; critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)

2

breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing

2

rematch

1

reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump

1

instinct

1

to make an appeal; to urge

1

utmost limits; extremity; limit

1

being the strongest; being powerful (mighty) without equal

2