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difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero

4

(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

1

personal history; career

1

remote past; far ago; time immemorial

1

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

3

journalist

2

wandering

2

months and years

1

100; hundred

1

one's remaining years

1

great scholar; profound scholar

1

to listen attentively to; to be lost in

1

small country

7

energy source

1

abundant; plentiful; rich; ample

1

economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal

1

to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

1

aggressor; invader

1

military affairs

1

strong nation; powerful country

1

unequal treaty

1

people; citizens; subjects; folk

4

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

2

to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order

1

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

3

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

2

traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

1

contrary to one's expectations

1

firm decision; decisive measure; resolute step; excellent decision

1

to feel ashamed

1

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

2

error; mistake; slip; bug

4

life span

3

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

19

years later

1

economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy

2

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

2

ally (of another nation)

1

cession (of territory)

1

map

1

ordinary; sensible; commonplace

1

real experience; actual observations

2

this world; this life; world of the living

1

oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

7

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

6

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

1

at a loss for words; stumped for words

1

(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

5

constant; persistent; indecisiveness; usual; normal

1