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to become better; to improve

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honeymoon; being in an intimate relationship; honeymoon (period)

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strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; preparations; preparatory steps; arrangements

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one by one; one at a time; in turn

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acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

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followers; subordinates; being under someone's command

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negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

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efficient

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system of government

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devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment

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calculated; premeditated; considered

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huge rock; firmness; solidity

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to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter

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gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy

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central; mainline

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victim (esp. someone killed); casualty

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profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

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speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

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to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

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several people; a few people

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to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

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to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly

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to dirty one's hands

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death from disease; death from illness

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to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence

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head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

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election by mutual vote; election from within a committee (party, etc.); internal vote

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to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled

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ending up right back where one started

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to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)

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decision; agreement

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number of cases, incidents, items, messages, accounts, etc.

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increase; rise; growth; addition; increment

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coal mining; coal extraction

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foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land

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labor management; labour management

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suffering; distress; hardship; trial

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to share

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to serve; to work for; to attend

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emoluments; additional profits

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adjoining each other; next to each other; being in close proximity to something; being constantly exposed to (danger, etc.)

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to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

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discipline; punishment; reprimand

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tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section

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assassination

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to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct

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to wish to go well; to have good intentions

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to end amicably for everyone involved; to be resolved to everyone's satisfaction; to be settled without hard feelings on any side

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nothing one can say (e.g. about something perfect); not a thing one can complain about; better than one could hope for

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mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between

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