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honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank

2

comatose state

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sickbed; (hospital) bed

1

reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong

1

devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding

1

ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

4

to shake someone awake

1

smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane

1

Pandora's box

1

cover; lid; cap

1

to release

1

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

5

intrastate

1

forces of opposition; opposing forces; counterforce

1

good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)

1

censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification

3

granary

1

grain-producing region

1

food; foodstuff

1

strategic resources; strategic materials

1

central city; major city (in a region)

1

besides; moreover; in addition

1

elite; best; pick; cream of the crop

2

directions; instructions; orders; command

2

formidable; not to be sneered at; not to be made light of

1

inexpert or untrained eyes

1

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

1

established fact; fait accompli

2

internal affair

1

tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

4

care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

2

untiringly; persistently; without losing interest

1

wife

2

usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally

1

chess

2

broad daylight

1

to spoil; to rot; to corrode

2

tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil

2

to be scared

1

unfinished; in progress

1

lead (Pb)

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

1

oil

1

I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

1

what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on

1

with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)

1

to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

2

summary; digest

1

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

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gradually; slowly; little by little; incrementally

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