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private army

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genuine; authentic; true; real

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you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!

2

knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning

20

to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)

1

to forget completely; to leave behind

1

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

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to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate

10

different mother

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sisters

6

safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

4

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

3

advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation

4

isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

6

to nod to one another

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this, that and the other; this and that

1

of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless

2

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

14

(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly

2

military man; warrior; soldier

4

to be talented; to be able

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to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely

1

to provide (a person) with a bodyguard

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mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; lower back; waist; hips

2

ruin; destruction; fall

3

general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate

6

fully prepared; all ready

1

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

9

being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank

1

hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

2

but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

9

to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)

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deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)

7

meaning; called; said

14

lending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility

4

as you want; as you will

6

all; entire; whole; altogether

11

tasting; sampling

1

I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

1

to exchange words

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to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

7

bodyguard; escort

4

to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)

1

compromise; giving in

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to say; to speak; to tell; to be called

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as you know; as we know

4

ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot); forerunner; pioneer

1

that sort of; like that

1

sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

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astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous

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