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number of soldiers

2

3000; three thousand

3

northwest

2

reinforcement (e.g. of troops)

3

five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold

2

preservation; retainment; keeping

1

to have one's attention caught (by); to be distracted (by); to be preoccupied (with); to be captivated (by); to be absorbed (in)

2

front line; forefront

1

to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

1

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

1

order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations

1

many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time

1

straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy

2

impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)

1

pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

1

Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i

2

to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard

1

rank (of troops); file; column; formation

1

mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)

6

faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy

2

shoulder length hair

1

left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol

2

chignon (ladies' hairstyle)

1

bun (hairstyle)

1

to form a pair; to pair up

1

without; unless; have to do

1

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

2

crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against

1

disorderly crowd; mob; rabble

1

to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly

6

announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

1

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

2

imagined landscape; scenery in one's mind's eye

2

to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter

1

deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)

1

sadness and gloom

1

to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

16

dull sound; muffled sound

2

talking in delirium; delirious talk; delirious utterances; nonsense; rubbish; silly talk

1

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

1

persecution; oppression

1

abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty

1

to count up; to enumerate

1

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

1

right; privilege

1

all people; everybody

1

evil spirit; demon; devil

1

when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

1

devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment

2