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to defy conventional wisdom

1

to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart

1

to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly

1

just a little

1

monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself

1

to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate

1

turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

3

solitude; loneliness; isolation

1

like that; that way; thus

1

to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)

1

in fact

1

chewing gum; gum; rubber

1

to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)

3

it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves

1

generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

2

attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)

2

to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up

2

the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death

3

something like ...; something called ...

5

to attempt; to test; to try out

5

baby; infant

2

pregnant woman

1

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do

4

to be born again; to make a fresh start in life

1

paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven

2

beyond one's control; nothing one can do

1

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

1

trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation

2

proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge

1

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

3

self; the ego

2

North Pole; the Arctic

3

South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica

3

cold war

3

cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting

3

according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states

1

Nohria

1

world's largest

1

breaking down; defeating; abolishing

1

inside; interior

1

the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)

3

scramble (for)

1

pathology

1

cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)

2

to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for

1

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

2

argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise

1

after death

1

failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy

2