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both parties; both sides

1

because

3

invasion

3

unexpectedly; suddenly; abruptly

1

leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

3

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

1

doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

9

to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)

1

explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

27

in high spirits

2

our

1

advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus

1

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

1

resources

1

to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough

2

rather; better; instead; if anything

11

weakening

2

history

1

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

3

large-scale

3

heresy

1

of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

2

reason; cause; circumstances

1

extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

3

period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

1

taking advantage of (a convenient situation)

1

evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat

2

after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after

1

up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

2

influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

6

to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

2

lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!

2

(imperial) reign; period

1

just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

6

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

9

equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence

5

(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

8

how many people; a number of people

2

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

1

disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus

2

huge; big; gargantuan

8

(medical) quack

1

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

1

convenient

1

creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)

1

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

13

many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

9

serious; severe; grave; acute

3