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puddle; pool of water

2

to besmirch; to sully

2

playing in the mud; playing with mud

1

coating

4

dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass

1

to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

1

variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables

1

very great; enormous; serious

1

to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage

4

military gains; war results; fruit of battle

3

tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so

1

extra (charge, fare, etc.); premium; bonus; (after a number) tenths increase

1

to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down

3

evening; evening hour

1

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

1

to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off

1

previously; already; for some time; for quite a while

1

detour; roundabout way

1

dying; death; dead; useless; damned

2

sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake

2

adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

1

setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)

1

lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl

2

enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board

9

several hundred; hundreds (of)

1

global standards

1

history book

1

hundreds

1

what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)

1

seeming (to be); appearing; apparently

1

prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed

1

to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up

1

sign; signal; cue

1

to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

1

desperation; struggle to the death

1

taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.

1

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

9

to live fast (and recklessly)

1

dozens; scores of; decades

1

to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance

2

to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into

1

fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern

1

to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)

1

force of a fire; force of flames

3

whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo

1

in unison; as one; united

1

vigorous advance (while attacking the enemy); sweeping advance; string of wins; series of great successes; unbroken run of success (in business, entertainment, etc.)

1

to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in

1

to cut off the retreat

1

shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade

2