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the height of folly; sheer stupidity

4

(exercising) the right to command

1

whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams

1

decisiveness

3

artifice; wiles; trickery; art of a courtesan (esp. for seducing or deceiving customers); coquetry

2

veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced

1

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

1

withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway

1

to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)

5

war expenditures

1

customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner

2

to have no chance (of succeeding)

3

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

2

to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)

1

having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...

2

clattering; rattling

1

to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf

1

to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)

2

normal; regular

3

to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself

3

square; formal; prim; stuffy

2

to take revenge

2

quite; utterly; really; completely

1

crime

1

surrender; capitulation; submission; yield

1

comedy

1

dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life

1

all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults

1

suffocation; choking; asphyxia

1

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo

5

flawless; absolute perfection

1

lamplight; torchlight

3

despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of

2

about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

2

along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)

2

ratio; proportion; percentage

1

serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis

1

leaving the front line; retiring from the game; deserting the battle

1

to encamp; to take up a position

2

weak and small; inferior in strength and size; minor; young; youthful

2

self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I

1

change; fluctuation

1

quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely

2

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

1

putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating

1

from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through

1

last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender

3

all over; filled in; complete; total; clichéd; hackneyed; plaintext

3

posthumous works

1

latest work (e.g. book, film); newest work; most recent work

1