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passing (an examination); making the grade

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to pass (examination)

1

advanced level; high grade; senior

1

to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin

1

fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

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post; official position; managerial position; executive position

1

financial circumstances; financial situation; circulation of money

1

bribe; sweetener; douceur

1

to demand money; to pester; to extort

1

and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

10

private affairs; personal matter

1

salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.); chloride

1

smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade

1

employee; servant

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treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

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cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

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to sell

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ago; since; before; previous

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some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

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slave traffic; slave dealer

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for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

2

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

3

district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

4

poor farmer; needy peasant

1

to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)

3

different race; different ethnic group; different peoples

1

being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances

1

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

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looks; appearance

3

secluded inner room

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daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)

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birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin

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to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

4

excellent plan; best policy

1

worry; fear; anxiety; concern

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to purse one's lips

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under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

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to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter

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side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

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should do; ought to do

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to be bewildered; to be perplexed

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existence; being

4

to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

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much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner

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subordinate person

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custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

3

several people; a few people

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spy; secret agent

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as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

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(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point

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