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to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient

1

self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy

1

leadership; initiative; spearhead

1

support

1

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

1

to take the initiative; to forestall; to beat to the punch

1

face; honour; honor; appearance; look

1

complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)

1

face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members

1

member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)

2

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

4

lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

1

to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry

2

dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity

2

the Inquisition

1

indictment; prosecution; complaint

6

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

1

real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs

2

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

1

torture

4

confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment

6

fixed game; bid-rigging; put-up job; contest in which the victor is practically known beforehand (e.g. due to unfair conditions or an obvious difference in strength)

1

this is why; this means; it is the case that

4

wild enthusiasm; being crazy about

4

to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)

3

witch hunt

6

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

1

literature; books (reference); document

2

innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty

2

200; two hundred

1

villager

1

19; nineteen

2

execution

3

one person; another name; nickname; alias

1

crushing to death

1

death in jail; death in prison

1

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

1

from the beginning

1

to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)

1

heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast

1

criminal; culprit

1

severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous

2

having to be; must be; should be; ought to be

1

taste; liking; preference

1

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

3

irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness

4

postponement; deferment; extension (of time)

1

without; but if; otherwise; or else

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

5

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

1