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in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

2

counter for countries

1

administration; government; administrator; governor

9

wartime

1

dictatorship; despotism

11

appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation

2

company president; manager; director

1

cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

1

chief executive officer; CEO

1

shareholder; stockholder

1

balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic

2

appointive power

1

now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

1

power; influence

1

to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist

1

to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken

1

composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization

2

each nation; many nations; many countries

3

king; sovereign; daimyo

2

taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)

1

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

1

hoodlum; ruffian

1

hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build

1

coup d'état; coup

1

to leave this world; to die

1

to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

1

to sit on a seat

1

in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run

2

to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede

2

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

1

to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing

1

total war; all-out war

1

crushing defeat

1

local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated

1

at that time; in those days

2

politics; government

9

celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name

1

God; god; ace; king; superior person

1

Flying Dutchman

1

great commander; famous commander

15

crew

1

systematic; organized; organizational

1

to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

2

occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture

5

water well

2

national power

2

ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines

3

pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)

3

public name; announcing publicly; nominal

1

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

1