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sharp and able person

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to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

2

authority; power; influence

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to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin

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leadership; initiative; spearhead

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sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

2

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

3

to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree

3

as (somebody) says

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ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

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eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

2

aggression; invasion; raid

4

trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation

4

nightmare; bad dream

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reality; actuality; hard fact

3

same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence

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to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

3

or; otherwise

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breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction

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to fit; to suit

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appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a printing type)

1

to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind

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hence; for that reason

3

to get hold of; to take possession of; to seize

1

to think, feel, consider, know, etc.

1

end of war; cessation of hostilities

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the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening

1

steady advance; carrying all before one

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restoration; repair; mending

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cease-fire agreement

2

proposal; proposition; suggestion

1

furious opposition; strong opposition; vehement protest

1

to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

2

to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

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to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

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that sort of; like that

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dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish

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to accept; to receive; to agree

2

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

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adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

3

strong nation; powerful country

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in; at; for

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national treasury

2

pressure; oppression; suppression

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big problem

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victory; triumph; conquest; success; win

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to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly

2

renewing oneself; changing one's way of thinking

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different opinion; objection

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small country

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