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master swordsman; skilled fencer

2

refreshing; clear

4

sound; tone; note; ring; chirp

2

huge rock; firmness; solidity

2

like; as if; the same as

1

drawing a sword; drawn sword

2

gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)

10

pill; birth-control pill; oral contraceptive; the pill

1

to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

10

offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding

2

reset; fresh start; new beginning

1

pebble; small stone

2

preliminary test or trial; tryout; workout; warm-up

1

to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow

3

to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off

1

law of inertia

1

to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

1

fatal; deadly; mortal

2

distinction; favoritism; favouritism; discrimination

1

floorboard

2

hemisphere

1

to cut through (with a road, tunnel, or canal)

1

that's a different matter; that's a different story

5

shooting down (an aircraft)

1

stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan; project

1

consists of; comprises; is made up of

1

root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base

4

marker (pen); marker (object); scorekeeper (esp. in golf); marker

6

netsuke; carved toggle used to tether a small container to the sash of a robe

1

pale fiery light seen in fields and mountains at night; will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus; elf-fire; fen-fire

24

light; lamp; counter for electric lights

40

chillingly; shiveringly; with goosebumps; uncomfortably; restlessly

2

tasteless; flavourless; uninteresting; dull; dry

2

fox cub; little fox; small fox; juvenile fox

1

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

15

mucous membrane; mucosa

1

magma

1

cinders; ashes

1

growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all living creatures

1

autonomous; autonomic; self-sustaining; self-directed

4

independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

2

stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)

1

to spread its roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.); to put down roots; to settle down (in a place)

7

spore

13

pollen

2

atmosphere; air; magnanimous; generous; large-hearted

17

ignition; combustion; firing a blank cartridge; discharge of a gun without bullets; firing (of an event); triggering

2

seed; pit

3

blue flame; azure flame

8

caterpillar fungus (esp. Cordyceps sinensis)

1