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increasing the number of staff; hiring more people

1

large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant

1

gong; tam-tam

1

coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt

1

stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice

1

curved; forming the shape of an arch

1

to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange

3

location information (as used by location-based services, e.g. GPS position)

1

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

3

crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult

3

equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements

1

total reflection

9

arrowhead

1

bam; whomp; thump

1

stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy

1

structure; building

3

weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence

1

mid-air; mid-heaven; zenith

2

frontal attack

1

smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal

1

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

3

double suicide; lovers' suicide

1

reminder

2

intentional; on purpose

1

assembling (of people)

1

full force

1

concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy

2

category

1

to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off

2

bedrock

6

quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality

1

focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving

3

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

2

-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...

2

to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature

1

reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos

3

always; usually

1

to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

4

both armies; both teams; both sides

2

compared with

7

decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee

1

model; dummy; maquette

1

to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public

1

valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable

1

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

1

loyalty; devotion

1

bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

11

sea route

4

critical moment; do-or-die situation

1

with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like

2