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persuasion

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guerrilla warfare

1

flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee

3

leadership; initiative; spearhead

1

originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

1

there being no backing out; gone too far to retreat

1

to be tired of hearing

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to be greatly perplexed; to be at a loss; to be sorely troubled; to be greatly embarrassed

1

outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

1

diplomatic channel

1

diplomat

1

body; group; party; company; troupe

5

conference room; place of assembly

1

diplomatic corps

1

cunning; crafty; wily; sly

1

closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final

1

early (days); initial stage; initial

1

gray or silver haired (grey)

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because of this

2

to do one's best; to put forth every effort

2

mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest

1

warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat

1

meeting; assembly; association; conjunction

1

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

1

dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty

1

(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush

1

order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation

1

tax; duty

2

pots and pans; kitchen utensils

1

distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration

3

growth period; growing season

1

very hungry; starving; ravenous

1

to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

1

desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern

1

avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street

1

construction work

1

integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis

15

like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys

1

good prospects; full of hope; promising

1

several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse

1

deliberation; (thoughtful) consideration; to consider a matter carefully

2

(death by) hanging

1

to hit; to strike; to throw; to toss; to mix; to wear (sword, etc.)

1

loungewear; comfortable clothing worn at home

2

thin ice

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political life

3

to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

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to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

2

total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale

1

establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)

3