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several minutes; a few minutes

4

rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance

4

just now; a moment ago

1

Records of the Three Kingdoms (Chinese historical text)

3

naval battle

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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river; stream; River; the ... river

1

historical fact

1

Wei (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period; 220-266 CE); Cao Wei; Wei (kingdom in China during the Warring States period; 403-225 BCE)

1

stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics

1

Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze); Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE); Southern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms era; 222-280 CE); Eastern Wu; Wu (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn era; 11th century-473 BCE)

1

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

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search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.

1

how long; how far; how much

16

guess; speculation; supposition

6

stay; sojourn

15

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

5

full of; brimming with

2

to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained

1

unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious

1

balance

10

realistic; pragmatic

2

prevention; check

1

on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully

5

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)

5

funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

2

necessary; indispensable; must-have; must (juice of grapes or other fruit prior to fermentation into wine)

3

to hang; to hang up

4

(gun) battery; fort

2

execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion

1

scenery

2

to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing

1

serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere

5

unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool

3

to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up

1

uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient

8

arrow; wedge; chock

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counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)

2

ship's bottom; bilge

5

on-board ship; inboard

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position

10

slave; servant; slavery

5

pattern; design

1

point-blank range

5

to fail to hear; to miss

1

capstan

1

trivia; snippet of knowledge

2

rope

20

anchor

1

maker; builder; creator; farmer

1