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to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply

4

direct hit

6

crater; pockmark

2

to fall on one's backside

2

main body (of an army); main force; these troops

2

surrender

4

decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card

2

capitulation; surrender; submission; yield

1

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition

6

capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment

1

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

2

craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom

1

un-; non-; negative prefix

4

making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt

2

gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked

1

to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

1

distrust of (other) human beings

1

to act like a grown up; to pretend to be an adult

1

already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)

1

age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)

2

beautiful woman; (a) beauty

1

tomboy

2

approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)

6

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

5

sweet and sour; bittersweet

1

harbour; harbor; port

3

to shake off; to throw off

3

sea level; (surface of) sea

11

rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily

2

if I (we, etc.) could

7

prey; victim

3

right foot; right leg

2

landing on water; hitting the water; splashdown

1

to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated

1

left foot; left leg

1

principle; theory; fundamental truth

4

sole of the foot

6

floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star

4

to lend a hand; to help

7

brilliant; radiant; bright; sparkling

2

strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature

3

existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement

1

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

5

ten-odd; a dozen or so

8

extensive knowledge; erudition

1

surface tension

1

applying (e.g. a technology); adoption

3

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

12

sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet

2