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suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

3

... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")

2

profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

3

necessity

1

to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much

1

opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

1

estrangement; alienation; disaffection

1

correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform

2

encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)

1

for this reason

1

short; brief

3

same meaning; synonymy

1

peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic

1

service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free

2

cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection

1

unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha

1

daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision

1

flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

1

realpolitik; pragmatic politics

3

possible; potential; practicable; feasible

2

to bring back; to restore

2

to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo

4

conservative

1

reactionary

1

look!; there!; here!; that is

1

before long; even now

3

maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation

3

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

5

sabot; wooden shoe; work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown

1

one party; one faction; one clique

1

school; sect; party

1

being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)

1

particular party or faction

1

goodness; excellence; virtue

1

humanitarian

1

pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)

2

visit for no reason; go on fool's errand

1

excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you

1

Conservative Party (UK, Canada, Japan)

3

the reactionaries

1

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

1

friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

1

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

1

humanism

1

farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long

2

yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

2

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

2

surroundings; circumference

1

whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph

1

to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

3