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important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

2

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

2

slum

16

to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

1

which; what (way)

3

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

1

probable; likely

1

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

1

tomfoolery; monkey business

2

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

5

to lure; to invite out

1

individual; one by one; separate; each

1

extensive; vast range; wide scope

1

extermination; annihilation

1

to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own

1

martial artist; fighter

1

noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play

1

to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

4

needless to say

1

to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of

1

in proportion to; just as much as

3

disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

7

difficult to ...; hard to ...

4

quick to seize an opportunity

1

race (of people); type of person

1

higher position

1

as planned

1

slum quarters

142

to break; to smash

1

agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility

1

battlefield; battleground

1

escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis

2

brake

2

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

4

could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of

2

originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

1

seedy-looking; thin

1

to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of

1

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

1

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

1

sincerity; good faith

1

permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of

1

indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

2

coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

2

investment; contribution; financing

1

orphanage

13

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

2

benefactor; patron

2

another meeting; meeting again; reunion

1

gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked

1