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family crest

1

mid-stream; middle course; middle class

4

hasty act; rash act

2

for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

12

to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person

4

to arrange; to make an appointment; to agree upon

1

to suspect; to sense

1

to launch a surprise attack

5

to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending

1

hoof

1

to arrest; to apprehend

2

500; five hundred; many

11

concreteness; feasibility

1

encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)

12

to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)

1

state of emergency; emergency; crisis

1

to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple

1

protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm

6

to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

8

contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

1

offensive (movement); aggression

7

to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

2

misreading

1

being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook

6

relief; rescue

14

to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager

1

attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment

5

to race against time

1

attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

2

to narrow; to reduce; to contract

4

trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery

1

blunder; slip; error; error

3

with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves

1

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive

4

to come and see (someone, something); to visit

7

to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner

3

as planned

11

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

5

in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)

9

separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation

1

to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve

2

merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience

9

to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

2

urban areas; the streets; town; city

5

main force; chief object; mainline

1

to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out

6

late; slowly

4

they; those guys

2

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

7

to part left and right; to open out

5