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sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship

4

sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

1

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

1

military academy

1

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

1

heredity; heritage

1

foolish; stupid; silly

1

system; institution; organization; organisation

1

promotion; advancement

1

superior officer

1

why yes, thank you

1

to take off one's hat

1

silver hair; gray hair; grey hair

1

motherland; fatherland; native country

2

Sparta

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one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn

1

domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

1

ultranationalistic

1

(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation

1

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

4

publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda

1

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

2

hostility; antagonism; opposition

1

anxiety; concern; fear

1

ostensible (surface) reason

1

to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth

1

coin; token; slug

1

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

1

speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression

1

to give a reason

1

estrangement; alienation; disaffection

1

favorable; favourable

1

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

1

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

2

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

2

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

1

high; high school

3

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

1

separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation

3

substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)

1

unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help

3

remote control; remote operation

1

to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die

2

to send or direct a person to

1

sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops

1

insistence; (major) emphasis; stress

1

chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)

1

trust; confidence; credence

1

to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person

1

exemplar; model; example; pattern

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