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snowflake (cluster of ice crystals)

1

to breathe while sleeping

1

to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

8

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

1

parent and child

1

(gun) battery; fort

13

heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding

1

beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

1

corpse; remains

4

illogical; inconsistent

1

to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply

2

to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive

1

explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology

3

unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless

1

standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high

2

walking sound; footsteps

2

intelligence agency; intelligence bureau; Cabinet Intelligence Bureau (1940-1945)

2

captain (Army, U.S. Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)

2

dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine

2

intelligence gathering; information gathering

3

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

1

clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff

1

identification tag

4

exposed; scanty; bare; public; open

1

to twist; to distort

1

to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

2

earthen walls (of fortification); earthwork; embankment

2

sense of accomplishment

1

stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow

2

setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

1

to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance

1

big shot; higher-ups

2

restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting

1

to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder

1

to catch one's attention

1

cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)

1

raw materials

1

to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip

3

allegory; fable; parable

1

roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique

1

always; usually

1

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

2

inner heart

1

nature; natural constitution; innate disposition

1

good; goodness; right; virtue

1

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

1

to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight

1

secret information; intelligence

3

brand (burnt-in mark of identification); branding iron

2

number; series of digits

1