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to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

2

difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect

1

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

1

to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth

1

pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting

2

tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

1

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

3

participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest

1

transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety

2

dozens; scores of; decades

1

many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

1

(artillery) barrage; bullet hell; curtain fire; barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video)

1

to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade

1

to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

2

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

1

four

1

leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning

1

beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future

1

not worth considering; out of the question

1

to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

2

to knead well; to polish; to refine

2

to release

1

battering ram

1

if you have a mind to do something, you can do it

1

reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

1

to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in

1

to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend

1

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

1

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

5

to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd

1

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

1

development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)

2

to rip (someone) off; to overcharge; to ask a high price

1

to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

1

on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

6

to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending

1

construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation

1

archery; mapping; map; morphism

1

already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably

1

strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)

1

U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); moving back to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)

1

you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure

3

one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good

1

to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed

1

to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

1

very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy

1

to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial

1

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

2

ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

1

to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

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