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influence; clout; leverage

2

dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome

2

a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently

8

followers; subordinates; being under someone's command

1

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

1

hideout (e.g. of fugitive from justice); hiding place

2

utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all

1

to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)

5

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

3

anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)

1

raid; assault; descent

2

accelerator; accelerator pedal; gas pedal

2

traffic lane; road lane

1

other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha

6

to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)

2

stranger; outsider

3

to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell

1

original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal

3

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

3

Ministry of Justice (in Tang-dynasty China)

2

end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all

1

somehow; for some reason or other

2

halfway; midway; partway; mid-course

1

cautious; careful; shrewd; tactful; prudent; faultless

1

substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double

1

to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin

2

himself; he himself

3

beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time

1

ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

2

separation; farewell; parting

1

one-way traffic

2

near; close by; within reach; familiar

3

in public; in company

1

mosaic tile

1

to be born; to come into the world

3

to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)

2

clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate

2

that; the matter in question

2

reconciliation; make peace with

6

to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

5

a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number

3

in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other

1

to encourage (someone); to cheer (someone) up; to give someone a charge; to empower

1

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

4

anyone can see that; it's obvious that

1

though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other

3

old; olden

5

calamity; disaster; accident

9

to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out

2