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being scattered and ultimately lost; dissipation

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combination; union; combined; joint; congruence

1

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

2

to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to

5

city-state

1

resemblance; similarity; analogy

1

anyone; any person; whoever

2

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

1

reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

1

to part (from); to part company (with); to split (with); to break off relations (with)

1

time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on

1

with a fixed time; with a deadline

1

to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

1

reset; fresh start; new beginning

1

responsibility; duty; obligation

1

expansion policy; road to expansion

1

northwestern part; the northwest

1

coast; shore; coastal waters; inshore waters; coastal area

2

violence; mayhem

1

to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)

1

printed matter

1

to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple

1

stern expression; severe expression; grim expression

1

tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard

2

to strike (someone) down; to knock down; to thrash; to place firmly

1

hard blow; crushing blow; severe attack

1

to stretch out

1

enemy (soldier)

1

irregularity; anomaly

1

to appreciate; to be thankful

1

to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)

1

rematch; replay; make-up game

1

reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace

1

ship; boat; vessel

1

not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

4

link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging

1

starting point; point of departure

1

source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)

1

bending and stretching; flexing and extending

1

thought to be; seen as

1

exploitation; overuse; abuse

1

to poke; to push

1

personal pupil

2

damage; injury

1

to break down due to overwork; to try so hard that the situation gets worse

1

to gain knowledge; to build up one's knowledge

1

old body; aged person; elderly person

3

to tremble; to shiver; to shake

1

ageing; aging; senile deterioration

1

to set a deadline; to fix a time limit

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