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unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

2

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

2

bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

1

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

4

to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about

1

billeting area; cantonment; encampment; étape

2

to anticipate; to foresee

1

to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)

1

from now on; hereafter

3

rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction

1

to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)

2

contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

2

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

2

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

5

to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

4

having an expert eye

1

altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced

1

talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk

1

folding one's arms

5

to do as one likes

8

thank you; thanks

3

meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody

2

memory; sense; experience

2

what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

1

to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

2

saddle

1

to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)

3

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

1

doctrine; rule; principle; -ism

1

to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was

2

feeling good; feeling pleasant

1

angle

2

(a place) within one's reach

1

dully; dispassionately; apathetically; in a subdued manner

3

scale; scope; plan; structure

1

to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

2

successor

1

split; division; break up

3

west side; west bank

1

to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to

2

possession; dependency; territory; dominion

2

major powers of the world; great powers

1

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

4

treaty; pact; convention; agreement

2

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

1

shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace

6

spinning wheel

1

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

3

to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up

3