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one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future

2

to be charged with a mission

1

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

8

to pull apart; to separate; to draw; to tie (a game)

1

unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously

1

to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)

2

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

2

great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago

2

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

1

draw (in competition); tie game

2

light and darkness; light and shade

1

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

2

material world

1

tremendous; immense

1

no matter how much time passes

2

three colours; three colors; triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits; triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits

1

rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

4

balance

3

counter for colours

1

tens of thousands of years

1

selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases

1

whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

2

to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place

2

indicate reason; infers some protest

3

being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes

1

counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets

3

conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence

4

gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance

2

elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)

1

repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row

1

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

1

fatal; lethal

1

dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)

1

loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles

1

condition; situation; prospects

2

to decide; to determine

1

sky; air; mid-air

1

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

2

moving about; stirring about

1

to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

2

multistage; cascade

2

antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis

1

why; how

1

to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

1

to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire

1

deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful

1

even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

6

your home; your residence; you (referring to one's equal; epistolary style)

1

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

4

present; gift; to give a present or gift

2