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vinegared rice; rice prepared for sushi

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rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering

1

national border; provincial border

1

to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter

1

courting; wooing; making advances

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already; too late

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collation; comparison

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arbitrary

2

to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend

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assembly hall; the House

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overwhelming majority

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up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual

1

crisis management

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lax; lenient; slow

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revision; amendment; alteration

3

maintaining the status quo

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minority group (party); minority

2

the facts; the truth; the true state of affairs; in truth; in fact; in reality

1

to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo

1

to be transparent; to show through

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(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

3

guide

1

ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual

1

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

1

waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away

1

to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)

1

logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument

1

ephemeral; transitory

1

to inherit; to succeed; to take over

1

nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

3

in succession; one by one

2

signal

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

1

boldly; bravely; resolutely; determinedly

1

decision; determination; resolution

2

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

2

route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

1

reform bill; reform proposal; amendment

4

right of veto

4

removal; getting rid of

2

piece; fragment; one (object)

2

in its entirety; whole; wholly

2

precedent

2

change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement

1

as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all

1

to authorize

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

1

one's subordinate

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good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

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