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to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance

1

slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

1

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

4

non-combatant; civilian

15

treatment; service; handling; management

1

attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

4

to play a leading role; to play a central part

1

rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)

2

100; hundred

2

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

22

to answer; to reply

6

eyelid

1

that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?

6

corners of the mouth

1

boy; son; baby boy; young man

3

fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize

10

grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

1

shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)

62

to gush forth

1

breakdown of negotiations

1

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

6

to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble

1

guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole

1

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

2

pillage; plunder; looting; robbery

1

simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together

4

degree of relative priority

1

in order; in turn; one by one

1

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

2

bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

3

to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

1

arm; skill; efforts; ability

30

to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate

2

to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)

2

darkness; the dark

6

field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken

16

pitch black

4

to dye; to colour; to color

2

to have the nerve to

3

sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

6

evening; night; dinner

11

total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

6

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

2

arrow; wedge; chock

7

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

5

appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession

1

wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point

2

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

3

to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)

1

number; amount

7