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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

2

to take a class

1

war; battle; match; game; competition

3

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

3

teacher; instructor

1

cold sweat

3

to stand on a podium; to teach; to be a teacher

1

uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

1

present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era

2

touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency

2

bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops

1

tendency; trend; inclination

4

danger; peril; hazard; risk

11

to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)

3

fundamental; basic

3

reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation

2

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

3

to ambush

1

leading group (of runners in a marathon, etc.); leading pack

1

rear; back; behind

2

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

8

great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck

1

crew

4

skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity

6

the same rank; equality; apposition

1

thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate

1

careful; elaborate; scrupulous

2

to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

1

flight; rout; debacle

1

pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase; follow-up attack

1

thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate

5

hero

2

to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope

3

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

1

officer

6

you (plural); all of you; you all

4

to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

3

bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

2

(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

1

one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays

1

certain victory

4

question; inquiry; enquiry

1

war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset

15

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

3

four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold

6

if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

2

10,000; ten thousand; 10^4

2

counter for ships; counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); (arch.) counter for items carried in a bundle (e.g. fish, birds, arrows)

36

arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself

4

soldier

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