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fate; destiny; lot

2

to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)

6

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

3

entirely; (not) at all

1

to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

1

to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

1

nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib

1

labor; labour; manpower; working force

2

exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing

2

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

6

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

4

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

7

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

4

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

2

to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily

1

to smile

4

just a little

1

war; fighting; fierce competition

2

intensification; aggravation

1

two

3

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

1

trader

1

to be transmitted; to be conveyed; to be leaked; to be passed along

1

influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

1

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

1

invasion

1

speed; velocity; pace; velocity

3

Rome

1

the British Empire

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

1

to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)

2

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

1

information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

7

it may be because

2

the whole world

2

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

hegemony

1

size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)

2

to share

1

despair; hopelessness

3

food

2

chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension

1

tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of

2

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

1

gluttonous; greedy

1

escape; evasion; flight

1

nerve; nerves; sensitivity

4

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

1

to win; to gain victory

1

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

2