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one-to-one; one-on-one

2

desire; wish; request

1

half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns; middle guard position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

1

beheading; decapitation

1

made by grinding stone

1

to do one's best; to put forth every effort

1

sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving one's legs forward without letting one's feet leave the ground

2

killing with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); slaying; putting to the sword

1

bilateral symmetry

2

fighting spirit; (will to) fight

1

several weeks; a few weeks

1

what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like

5

brute; savage; fiend

3

germ (of a cereal, e.g. wheat, rice); embryo bud

1

severely beaten up; repeatedly punched and kicked; thoroughly defeated; attacked relentlessly (with words); fiercely criticised; bombarded with verbal abuse

6

facial flushing; drink-reddened face; having a hoarse voice after drinking; raspiness caused by over-drinking

3

reaching; attaining; arrival

2

that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that

1

flood of emotions; many thoughts

1

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

4

to step over or across; to overcome

2

time; hour; moment

2

theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics

3

break in time; interruption; pause

2

to kick back (ball, person, etc.)

1

slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed

1

joke; gag

2

to take advantage (of someone's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on

1

fog; mist; spray

3

old cloth; rag

5

clay

6

sword blade; knife blade

5

(a matter of) chance; fortune (of a given time); force of the times

1

to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play foul

1

groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat

1

to daub; to paint

1

imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)

1

coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person

1

to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

1

surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play

1

ability; capacity; capability; physical strength

2

diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies

1

to pierce

1

eight picturesque sights

1

circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)

1

tag game variant in which a player cannot be tagged if above the ground

1

to take one's leave; to excuse oneself; to resign (from); to step down; to decline; to turn down

1

honeymoon

2

unsuitable; inappropriate; improper

2

very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling

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