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stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation

2

countdown

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alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden

2

concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy

1

transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage

1

going north

1

war readiness; combat preparedness; readiness for battle

1

fork; junction; diverging point; turning point (e.g. in one's life); crossroads

9

observation equipment

1

headquarters; head office; main office

1

company; battery; troop

1

total; sum total; total amount

1

700; seven hundred

1

mixed (e.g. team, chorus)

1

organization; organisation; forming

1

suicide attack; kamikaze attack

1

four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing

1

narrow path; narrow lane

2

large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish; useless man about the house; husband who is retired and considered a nuisance

1

to settle down

1

smoke bomb; smoke candle

1

backpack

1

I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...

1

movements; bearing; deportment; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)

1

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

1

outside the country; abroad

2

to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape

2

main part; key part; head (of a phrase)

1

dusk; nightfall; twilight

1

swelling; enlargement

3

without doing; not being

1

perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy

2

to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)

1

yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing

2

imprisonment; incarceration

1

to put an end (to); to bring to an end; to close the books (on); (lit.) to put a period (at the end of a sentence)

2

to throw into; to toss into; to drive (a nail, etc.) into; to hammer in; to fire (a bullet) into; to launch (a missile) at

1

to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

2

range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)

2

half step; half a step

1

to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to be conceited; to brag; to show off

1

fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method

1

to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed

2

terrain; geographical features; topography

1

rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; (opponent's) weak point; (arch.) force attacking the rear of a castle; (arch.) official in charge of imprisoning offenders

1

to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate

1

balance; equilibrium

4

gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over

1

to pour in (liquids); to pour in (money); to pump in (investment)

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