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spearhead

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welcome!; nice to see you!

2

my; our; one's own

1

army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group

4

to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)

1

Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms

3

general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate

1

Liu Bei (161-223)

1

to answer; to reply

1

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

2

to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty

1

bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face

1

military commander

1

being a match for a thousand; being a mighty warrior (combatant, player)

1

feeling of tragic heroism; feeling of grim resolve; sense of determination

1

serious

1

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

1

to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded

1

stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded

1

actually; in fact; as a matter of fact

1

to come to one's senses; to calm down

3

hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no

2

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

1

had better ...; may as well ...

1

as (somebody) says

1

extermination; annihilation

1

military force; force of arms; strength of an army

3

subdivision

1

throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction

2

the height of folly; sheer stupidity

1

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

1

victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome

1

to decide; to determine

1

normal practice; proper practice

1

to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

1

offensive (movement); aggression

2

troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)

2

reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries

1

to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

5

circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

1

mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

1

reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight

1

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

5

beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

1

to be the case that

1

to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says

1

excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

1

to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

1

intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly

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