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hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)

1

materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

2

capital investment; capital expenditure; investment in plant and equipment

1

shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try

5

(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

5

bank; banking institution

5

shareholder; stockholder

4

financial capital

2

to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

2

interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)

2

thus

2

raw materials

1

supply; provision

6

enterprise; business; company; corporation

11

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

1

not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently

1

slightly early; just before

1

skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

1

to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)

1

to lend; to loan

2

city

1

prior investment; upfront investment

1

usurer; usury; loansharking

1

Cecil; Sesyle

2

rose

2

Joseph

2

Chamberlain; Chamberlayne

3

every person; each one; everybody

1

running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally

3

centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental

1

night sky

1

to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration

2

star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)

1

hot blood; warm blood; zeal; fervor; fervour

1

colonialism

2

Orange Free State (1854-1902)

1

(second) Boer War (1899-1902)

3

drawn-out (protracted) war or contest

1

to drag in; to pull in

1

first place; head position; leading position

1

leading group (of runners in a marathon, etc.); leading pack

1

delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient

3

French bread (esp. baguette); breadstick

1

right-wing (politics); extreme right-wing group; right wing (bird, plane, etc.); right field; right flank; right fielder; high rank

1

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

2

Dreyfus; Dreyfuss

1

commissioned officer

1

innocence; being not guilty

1

imprisonment; incarceration

3

internal (domestic) affairs

1