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fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking

8

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

2

relaxed and enjoyable; spacious; vast; heavily trafficked; bustling

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

7

10,000; ten thousand

3

black dragon

1

order of chivalry; chivalric order

1

to propose; to suggest

2

famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

2

Achilles

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to rescue from; to help out of; to save

1

Gaza

1

skilled manager; resourceful general

1

to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

1

brave warrior; hero; brave man

2

already; now; no longer; not any more

21

show; exhibition; spectacle

1

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

9

popular figure; outstanding person; well-known person; lion

1

real thing; original; actual

1

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

12

admiration; wonder; astonishment

2

very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just

5

trumpet; horn; bugle

2

to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout

9

to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average

1

(one's) seated posture

1

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

5

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

3

the big three ...

6

dukedom; duchy; principality

5

emperor's arrival (at his office, etc.)

1

blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding

2

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

7

acclamation; jubilation

2

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

1

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

11

formal

1

clapping hands; applause

1

weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

13

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

2

throne

6

old or key retainer

2

helper; assistant; second

1

left; left hand side

5

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

1

more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage

2

everyday; always; at all times; frequently

1

another thing; other things; another man's property

9