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to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

2

reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity

2

for today; for the time being

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

3

to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

1

to run away; to run off

2

prompt; immediate; in real time

1

removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating

1

decision; determination

2

rear guard

1

to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate

1

to vacate; to move out

3

in order to; for the purpose of; must; should

1

each; respectively

4

near; close by; within reach; familiar

3

to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust

2

wearily

1

to become empty; to be emptied

1

to pour (of rain); to pound down

1

how long; how far; how much

1

soldier's socks

1

rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled

1

one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids

1

preface; introduction; preamble

2

business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

1

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

1

gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor

2

foreboding

2

urgency; exigency; emergency

1

drinking companion

1

three years

1

assistant professor

1

after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter

1

level ground; horizon; field of view

2

to leave

1

to be the case that

5

not having long to live

2

to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent

1

to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

2

contradiction; inconsistency

4

to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)

2

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

1

fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

1

bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)

2

deathbed; dying hour; one's death

1

sigh; long breath

2

back (of a chair)

1

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

4

deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely

2

final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal

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