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measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

5

to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile

2

young master; son of a high-ranking person

4

to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash

1

to wave back

3

covered with; stained; smeared

5

desire; appetite; lust

1

very busy

2

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

2

good heavens!; oh my god!; gee whiz

1

Meena; Mena

1

to miss a chance to do; to fail to do

1

rave reviews; extremely high praise

1

scouting; reconnaissance

1

just past noon; afternoon

2

spectacles for far-sightedness; telescope

16

merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling

1

to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain

1

in name only; titular; nominal

1

unable to resist; unable to suppress

1

heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance

2

one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

3

years later

1

sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

1

pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

7

profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view

1

to settle (a dispute)

1

putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage

2

shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom

1

connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within

1

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

1

sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness

1

to taper to a point; to become pointed; to be on edge; to be nervous; to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh

6

laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky

1

scrap of cloth; odds and ends

1

strategy meeting; council of war

2

to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)

5

to be curious; to wonder; to marvel

1

honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest

1

to be based in (a place)

1

to pitch camp; to set up camp

1

remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)

4

to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck

4

intervening

1

going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent

1

secret base; hideout; hidden position

6

hanging upside down

1

resembling ...; having the traits or characteristics of ...; -looking; with a ...-like expression; with an air of ...

1

mass production

1

life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic

2