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it seems so; that's what it looks like

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to go; to come

2

clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain

1

fickle; capricious; inconstant; changeable; whimsical

1

weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend

1

to dominate (usu. one's husband)

1

beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully

1

coin; hard currency

1

splitting the cost; Dutch treat

1

to forget to ask

1

front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)

1

sentiment; sentimentality

1

unprecedented; unique; unparalleled

1

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

1

to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up

1

bill (law); measure

3

serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow

1

control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order

1

trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

1

to break down; to collapse; to fall apart

1

the industrial world

1

darkish; dusky

1

falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy

1

years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past

1

cunning; crafty; wily; sly

1

angry voice

1

shout of abuse; jeers; boos

1

whispering; murmuring; subdued

1

bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy

1

hostility; antagonism; opposition

1

interviewer

1

to yell; to bawl out

2

introductory remarks

1

false; hypocritical

1

fury; power; menace

1

to dig up and expose (a secret, hidden crime, etc.)

1

small country

1

to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

1

frequent occurrence

1

unemployed person

1

Chiyochiku

1

all-out war; total war

1

people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

1

arms; weapon; ordnance

2

posterity; future life; life to come

1

to fly wildly about

1

to mark the end; to spell the end

1

strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification

1

recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement

1

asset acquisition

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