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secret investigation; private enquiry; private inquiry; reconnaissance; scouting

1

opening of hostilities

3

groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)

1

to doubt one's own eyes

5

large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; swarm

2

moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

2

closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)

1

(not) so much; (not) that much

3

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

5

despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of

1

terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

1

large army

14

to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

1

if you insist (on it)

1

to become desperate; to give in to despair

2

shopping district; shopping street; downtown

1

fruit store; fruit dealer; fruit seller; fruiterer; fruiteress

1

orange (fruit, colour)

1

to share

1

one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section

1

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

3

to walk down the road

1

attentive; cautious; careful; watchful

2

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

to hide oneself

5

to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate

1

unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

2

appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel

2

to be prominent; to be conspicuous

3

to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

4

to begin to tremble

1

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

1

lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning

3

very loud voice

1

amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger

4

womanly; ladylike; feminine

2

to recover; to be healed

2

dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome

10

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

1

to toady; to be obsequious

1

capitulation; surrender; submission; yield

7

war cry; roar

4

elite; best; pick; cream of the crop

10

rain cloud

1

flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression

2

borderline; boundary

1

group; mass

11

mastery

1

standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert

20

internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with)

2