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secret art; the mysteries

3

actual profit; practical use; benefit

3

undivided attention; concentration

1

top part; surface

1

science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits

3

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

2

unprecedented; record-breaking

1

major progress; huge advance

1

kneeling down (to pray); going down on one's knees

1

disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation

1

around the world; throughout the world

3

magazine

1

portrait; likeness; picture

2

to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

1

society; public; community; social studies

8

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

2

to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)

2

to hide; to keep to oneself

1

to hear (secondhand)

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

for two people; (work) of two; (meals) for two

1

torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

1

high spirits; boastful talk

1

whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo

1

hair whorl

1

I can tell you; heh

2

blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding

1

alma mater clique; old school tie

3

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

1

(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh

2

group; party; team; organization; organisation; association

1

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

3

prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively

2

antipathy; prejudice

1

praise; admiration; exalting; extolling

1

collection; compilation

1

self-education; self-instruction; self-study

1

isolation; being alone; being friendless

1

as (somebody) says

1

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

2

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

2

speculator; adventurer; imposter; prospector

1

practical use; utility

2

law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

4

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

10

encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation

1

state; country; nation

2

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

1

to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

1

slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)

1