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preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork

2

important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination

1

extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)

1

stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation

2

(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad

2

legal

2

out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit

1

grey heron (Ardea cinerea); gray heron

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young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute

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lady attendant; female servant; lady's maid; waiting maid

16

three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

5

the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers

1

unconditional

3

to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says

1

ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; leaving a passing ball for a teammate (in soccer); letting the ball go past

1

running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act

1

money on hand

1

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

1

to be profitable

1

to try all possible means

1

in a good mood; cheerful

1

population of a fief

1

tariff; tax rate

1

next term

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to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of

1

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

2

standard of value

1

universality

1

barrier; checkpoint; checking station

1

to weigh on a scale; to weigh up options; to compare pros and cons

1

romantic (school)

1

to surge (water or waves)

1

possession; dependency; territory; dominion

1

act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery

1

downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

2

outbreak of war; starting a war

4

coordinator; coordinating role

1

during imprisonment; while in jail

1

armistice; ceasefire

1

to concentrate one's effort (on something)

2

economic activity

1

commencing with; including

2

commissioned officer; military officer

1

change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement

1

scaffold; gallows

1

conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment

1

information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report

1

bankruptcy; insolvency

1

to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)

2

war party; warmonger

3