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in the ward or borough

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getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one

1

rapid-fire

2

tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead

1

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

1

change of course

2

sharp; keen; acute

2

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

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shield

4

at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

3

invisibility

2

tackle (e.g. rugby); fishing tackle

1

unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward

1

to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)

1

jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)

1

to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)

3

clearly; distinctly; vividly

1

recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition

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fatal; deadly; mortal

2

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

1

to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard

2

to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in

4

to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)

2

to be transparent; to show through

2

opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable

1

organ (of body, plant, etc.)

1

brain; brains; mind

1

head; cranium; cephalic

4

lycée

1

empty threat; bluff; paper tiger

1

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

1

to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

1

remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking

2

you bastard!; you son of a bitch!

1

five (long cylindrical things)

2

(once) again

2

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

2

cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack

2

to crack jokes

2

to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out

2

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

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with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)

2

naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt

3

even

1

both eyes

1

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

3

atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous

3

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

4

to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

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