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Territory

Area/Region

4kw

She has her hands full

Busy

Mini story

Embassy

Point of contact for a foreign country

Argo

Penny

Coins in America

4kw

Warmth

Pleasant temperature

4kw

Wage

Salary

4kw

Cliff

Edge of a mountain

4kw

Primitive

Old fashioned

4kw

Mild

Soft

4kw

Are you nuts?

Are you stupid?

4kw

Stern

Strict

4kw

Voyage

Travelling on a ship

4kw

Mere

Just / It is mere a rat

4kw

Recess

Break

Sir

Havoc

Playing havoc with(completely disrupted)

Teenage stories

Ravage

Destruction

Teenage stories