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to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

2

to take the initiative

1

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

2

to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face

1

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

2

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

2

subject

1

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

3

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

2

with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting

1

similar

1

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

1

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

1

apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

1

to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with

5

learning by ear; memory of having heard something before

1

the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death

1

to apologize; to apologise

1

to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

1

to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

3

question; inquiry; enquiry

3

and yet; though; when; in spite of

1

son; penis

7

working away from home

1

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

threat; intimidation; menace

1

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

2

staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

2

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

4

to look away; to avert one's eyes

4

(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure

1

next

1

to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

1

to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

2

lingua franca

1

spear hand

3

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

5

evasion; avoidance

2

to be too short

1

in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye

2

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

2

to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

1

to fall backward

1

over one's shoulder

1

false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation

1

to wield a spear

1

baby

1

500; five hundred; many

1

experience

2

invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable

1