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threat; menace; coercion; terrorism

4

mixed; mingled

2

secret; secrecy

1

idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

1

sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting

1

writing (e.g. as a profession)

1

business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task

12

short course; training

1

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

2

atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous

1

hidden room; secret chamber

6

messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things

1

utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus

1

to say nasty things (about); to use abusive language

2

and; thereupon; because of that

2

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

3

longevity; long life

1

the late; the deceased

1

one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother

1

support; backing

2

suddenly; all of a sudden

1

to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)

1

heir; inheritor; successor

3

age relationship; luck attending age

1

being adopted into the family of one's bride

35

to rescue from; to help out of; to save

11

official announcement; proclamation

2

in good health; alive and well; going strong

1

joining; joint; intermediation; acting as an intermediary; relaying; taking over; middle relief pitcher

7

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

1

assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation

5

this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

2

rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom

1

as soon as possible; ASAP; even a little early

3

oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition

1

last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity

1

ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right

1

stickily; relentlessly

1

teary eyes

1

to come for the first time; to become for the first time

1

decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits

1

king

2

Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides

1

distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness

2

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

8

trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle

1

emperor; king; prince

1

running alone; running solo; having a large lead (over the others); being far ahead (of everyone else); having one's own way; ignoring others' opinions and acting as one wishes

1

advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint

4

rather than

1