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mass production

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industrial capital

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multi-

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handful; small amount; small number

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high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes

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(and) many others; extras (in a film)

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dividing into parts

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constitutional government

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economic system

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bottom current; undercurrent

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effecting de facto constitutional changes through creative interpretation of the existing constitution; reinterpretation of the constitution

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text of the law

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tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)

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equality before the law; equality under the law

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becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality

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blunder; slip; error; error

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excuse; explanation

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stopgap measure; temporary expedient

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drastic; radical

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correction; revision; redressing; rectifying

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to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer

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country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law

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consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance

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guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement

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walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent

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person concerned; interested party; related party

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to feel ashamed

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politicians, business leaders and bureaucrats; the worlds of politics, big business and bureaucracy

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important person

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to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; to finance

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premodern; feudalistic

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retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

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superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic

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electoral system

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anti-intellectualism

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symbolic

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poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

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post-truth

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way of calling

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disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss

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to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

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anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

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reformist

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enemy nation

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easy to understand

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opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

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love of one's country; patriotism; Ireland

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scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)

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supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent

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misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)

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