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to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded

1

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

3

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

1

defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse

2

senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

2

to temper thoroughly; to train well

2

low degree; low grade; low class

1

quantitative; concerning the quantity

3

unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled

8

land reform

3

to (do) like this

5

Bolshevism

22

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

3

to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below

1

lack of uniformity; unevenness; imbalance; inequality; disproportion

23

a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

2

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

2

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

1

small; little; few

1

must not; do not

1

shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden

1

if it is the case that ...

3

instability; insecurity; crankiness

3

for the time to be ripe

1

absorption; suction; attraction

2

crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up

2

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

4

paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor

3

inhabitant; resident; citizen; population

7

layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)

5

petit bourgeois; petty bourgeois

1

same level; same extent

1

to suspect

1

evolution; progress

3

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

4

agricultural country; agrarian nation

7

workers and farmers

6

interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

4

contradictio in adjecto; contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies (wooden iron, hot ice, etc.)

1

instead of; replacing; on behalf of

6

transitional

1

ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)

1

to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up

2

gallant; dashing; jaunty

1

inventive step; invention (with respect to prior art)

1

control one's desires; abstinence

2

factory closure; factory shutdown; lockout (e.g. during industrial dispute)

1

sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...

2

route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)

1

to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

3