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precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

2

to frown; to squint

2

with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply

1

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

12

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

3

mist; haze

1

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

8

heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent

2

life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death

1

end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

3

(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

5

to collapse; to flop (onto)

3

value; worth; merit

4

to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

1

unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)

1

to disappear; to vanish

3

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

4

to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart

1

to shed blood

1

fatal wound

3

battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition

7

to take into consideration; to use one's discretion

1

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably

3

counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

2

to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

3

footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)

1

to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of

1

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

3

to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on

1

wicked; evil

3

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

1

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

4

equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)

1

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

1

to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)

8

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

1

sword skills; swordsmanship

1

refinement; polish

1

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

2

to ask (about); to inquire; to enquire; to question; to make sure of

1

raising (the standard)

1

to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard

1

upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere

3

to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

1

to the end; to the last

2

end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot

2

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

1

long ago; a long time ago; already

1

drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained

1