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conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview

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coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

2

You'll regret this!; I'll get you for this; Just you wait

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noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.

2

violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism

2

peerage; court rank

1

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

2

property; fortune; means; assets

1

interest; rights; concession

2

to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)

2

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

2

reform; reformation; reorganization

2

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

1

such; this sort of; like this

3

curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

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to do (for someone)

1

brute; savage; fiend

2

peaceful

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to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

3

royal family

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area under direct control (of the shogun)

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large-scale

2

experiment

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data; datum

2

house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family

2

clique; faction

2

to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

1

leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar

2

achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record

1

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

1

while; even though; despite

2

underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

1

both; many; various; together

1

season; weather

1

to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)

2

little by little

1

opposition faction

1

to chip off; to scrape off; to prune

1

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

2

people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

1

to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into

1

bloodless

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full force

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taking in; bringing in; capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; confusion; bustle

1

complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment

3

is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

2

disparaging words; derogatory term; insult; epithet

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in one's imagination

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impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky

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