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contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

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to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate

4

trusting too much; overestimating ability

1

to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)

1

handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate

1

byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse

1

third floor

3

earthquake

1

throughout; all through; right through

1

hypnosis

2

to weigh on one's mind; to worry one; to be concerned about

1

symbolic; symbolical

1

one's field of expertise; one's strong area

1

postwar period; period after Second World War

1

diversion; distraction; feint

3

crossing a river

1

to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)

1

blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe

24

raid; attack; assault

2

to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

1

members; member; constituent

11

gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying

3

reinforcement

2

to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)

1

organization name; organisation name

10

laborious; arduous; strenuous; painstaking; trying; taxing

1

right foot; right leg

1

from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved

1

to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability

1

tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

1

to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush

1

cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence

1

(not) one

1

waiting room; duty room; standby room

2

in that way; like that; that way

1

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

4

bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

2

weak; sickly

1

Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition

1

helmet (of a warrior); headpiece

1

country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)

1

military commander

1

thank you

1

to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect

1

to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip

2

paperwork

1

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

13

to run away and hide

1

easy to deal with; tractable; manageable

1

end (of a street, hallway, etc.)

1