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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

to run away; to run off

1

treatment (of a person); dealing with

1

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

2

truth; real situation

1

democracy

7

requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)

3

military tribunal

7

to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try

3

your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency

10

store; shop; restaurant

6

first class plus; extra special

2

cigar

1

a (one) box

1

perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments

1

offstage; backstage; behind the scenes

1

this sort of

2

Executive Office of the President (USA, etc.)

1

to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

1

insurgent; rioter; mob

1

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

1

defense; defence; guard; policing; security

7

sporadic

2

harbour; harbor; port

1

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

3

missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

1

to be grieved at heart; to be troubled; to be worried; to trouble oneself (about something)

1

terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful

2

to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to hunt down

3

to rise; to swell; to be promoted

5

immediate dominance; ID

1

subordination; dependency

1

reform; reformation; reorganization

2

(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of

3

means; method

1

to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer

1

organs of the state; machinery of the state

2

inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity

3

trend of the times; way things are going

1

to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy

2

speaking of; (I told you) already; come on

1

to come to one's senses; to calm down

4

house arrest

3

impossible to do (although wants to)

2

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

4

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

2

shuttlecock; shuttle service (e.g. bus); shuttle (weaving); space shuttle

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to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen

1