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futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

3

thorough; exhaustive; complete

1

to pass; to pass by

1

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

8

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

6

to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

6

originator; founder

1

scum of the earth; monster; fiend

1

to hate; to detest

1

religion; cult

1

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

3

defeatism

1

abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

1

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

9

pair; the two; both persons; both things

1

you could say; you might say; verging on the

4

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

6

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

1

public; official

1

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

1

collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing

3

actually; really

2

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

2

to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

2

to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

3

overlooking; turning a blind eye

1

swelling; enlargement

1

as; because; with; due to

1

(religious) piety; faith; devotion

1

thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)

1

action of making something; -ification

1

end; tip; extremities; terminal

1

acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

2

threat; menace; coercion; terrorism

1

worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob

1

headquarters; head office; main office

4

car; vehicle

1

one large ...; a great ...

1

brigade

2

working one's way up; self-made person; veteran

1

limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...

4

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

3

calm; composed; cool; quiet

4

outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

3

owner

2

often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly

2

false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym

1

public relations; client liaison; client relations

1

camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade

3

young businessman

1