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to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal

2

shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden

1

day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day

2

endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

3

alliance; union; league

2

lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

4

defeat; loss; reverse; setback

4

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

3

kickoff party; rally; pep party

3

drinking party; get-together (usu. involving alcoholic drinks)

1

to be sluggish; to make little progress; to show little growth; to fail to improve; to level off; to not grow as much as expected

1

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

7

gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy

10

to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse

2

to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out

10

wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view

1

herb; fragrant grass

1

to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)

3

to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point

1

magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)

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to do together

2

corpse; dead person

1

to underrate; to make light of

2

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

3

dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

1

firm; company

85

to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked

2

expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)

3

to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

2

train that stops at every station; local train

1

high speed; rapidity; rapid-service train (not as fast as express); rapid train

1

another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking

3

to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty

3

to hold the key (to)

2

coffin; casket

45

brain death

1

before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

1

lion (Panthera leo)

7

bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave

6

different dimension

4

one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key

1

uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)

7

manticore (Persian mythology)

2

to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all

3

catchers who warm up pitchers in the bullpen; tank (character that soaks up damage for the rest of the party in an MMORPG)

1

violence; force

2

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

3

exchange (of words, views, punches, cups, etc.); give-and-take; reply; answer; response

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