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to wave back

8

first meeting; first interview with

2

sharp-eyed; keen-eyed; easily awakened

6

match; game; bout; contest

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warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance

11

ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh

2

eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression

3

brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark

4

question mark

3

beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism

1

oops; uh oh; drats

3

apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock

1

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

1

style; form; pattern

1

personification; impersonation; embodiment

2

upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class

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fierce attack

11

to freeze; to refrigerate

1

itching-to-grab gesture (made with one's hands)

2

to sidle up to

1

the whole world

1

(religious) piety; faith; devotion

1

living together; coexistence

1

experience; history; record; career

1

improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore

6

joint; seam; joining point

2

single combat; duel; one-on-one fight

6

remaining strength; surplus energy; reserve power; money to spare

2

influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely

1

to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate

7

deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff

4

not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...

1

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

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to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire

1

bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

3

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

3

very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly

3

good opportunity; chance

1

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

4

to narrow; to reduce; to contract

7

multilateral; many-sided; diversified

1

to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

1

obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping

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to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly

7

hegemony; leadership; initiative

6

psychological warfare

3

end; conclusion

1

to hold a sword above one's head; to be haughty; to be arrogant

1

slash (punctuation mark); slash; slit

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discharge; evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2); ejection; excretion

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