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but; however; although

3

self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

2

staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor

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to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance

3

collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally

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past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

2

will to fight; fighting spirit; morale

3

Castor (star in the constellation Gemini); Alpha Geminorum

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attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment

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to be driven into a corner; to be left with nowhere to turn; to be in a dilemma; to be unable to go forward or backward; to be stranded; to get stuck

1

clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

1

checkmate; mate

1

to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

6

to not take seriously; to take lightly

2

gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober

4

to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

3

wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good

5

weak; frail; fragile

2

ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe

3

point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)

2

idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

2

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

1

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

4

to tell (someone) to ...

6

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

3

breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing

8

jello; jelly; gelatin dessert; gel; jelly

4

prisoner; convict

1

jail; gaol; jailhouse

2

locked room; secret room

1

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

2

in all directions

1

top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled

1

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

1

flight; desertion; escape

1

riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty

1

encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement

1

rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish

1

to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

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to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

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we

3

collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash

1

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

2

chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing

1

burying alive

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to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

4

to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

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quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...

5

choices; alternatives; options

3

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

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