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general plan; main points; summary; platform (e.g. for a campaign); mission statement

5

merger; (presenting a) united front

1

doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious

1

valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement

3

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

16

to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

2

or; either ... or ...

5

to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate

1

dominant; ruling

8

focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

5

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

2

to focus on; to bring into focus

1

Japanese society

2

to apply pressure to; to press

2

martyr; sufferer

1

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

7

to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

10

taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix

1

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

1

mechanics; dynamics

2

quarter (of a year)

1

to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

2

hypothesis; supposition; assumption

14

to prohibit

4

-years-old

1

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1

in spite of; regardless of

1

proletarian party

3

simplification; unification

2

fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor

2

(power of) resistance

14

to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone

2

regimental commander

1

corner; nook

2

to push away; to push aside; to shove

1

stimulating; exciting; provocative

2

intellectual

2

diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization

10

(riding) spur

1

offensive (movement); aggression

2

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

1

to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder

2

way; course; the only way

1

rough (explanation, details, etc.); broad; general; grabbing a big handful

1

now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns

1

zig-zag; zigzag

1

general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)

1

proceeding quickly; flying (of time); rapidly; (arch.) running quickly (of a horse)

2

everyone; anyone; no one

3

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

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