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flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee

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restoration of imperial rule; (in English history) the Restoration

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structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

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nephew

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governor-general; governor; viceroy

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at once; immediately; without delay; promptly

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landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land

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to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)

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isolation; being alone; being friendless

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to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)

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predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

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signature

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ceremony; celebration; law code

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announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

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supremacy; predominance; being superior to

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Glorious Revolution (1688-1689)

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combination; union; incorporation; congruence

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great; grate

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Britain (island); Great Britain

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Hanover, New Hampshire

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royal family

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George; Georgie

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leaving everything up to someone else

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to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

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Huguenot

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civil war

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bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess

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Bourbon (dynasty in France, Spain)

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Anri

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branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family

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sense of balance

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what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

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revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

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muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something

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prime minister; premier; chancellor

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Richelieu

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cut; reduction; curtailment

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stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

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noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

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mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door

1

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

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projection; protrusion

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planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring

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Mazarin

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to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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Fronde (series of French civil wars; 1648-1653)

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internal disunity; internal division; internal rift

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direct Imperial rule

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plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode

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at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know

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