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I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man

3

overconfident; presumptuous

2

bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

4

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

3

tendency; trend; inclination

2

derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible

1

urgency; emergency

2

minister's secretary

4

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

9

fluent; flowing; elegant

1

not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

6

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

3

three; 3

4

surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

13

home position; origin; usual place (for something)

1

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

1

sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful

1

the latter

3

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

12

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

1

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

1

start; beginning

1

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

8

that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that

1

frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise

1

crushing defeat

1

to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow

1

failure; mistake; blunder

4

to satisfy oneself (by doing); to find relief (in doing)

1

greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable

1

to be well-known

2

among (them); of (them)

1

open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent

1

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

2

this person

18

strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot

2

another idea

1

to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

1

fourth

2

occupied territory

9

the fifth

1

devastating; catastrophic; crushing

1

to be damaged; to receive damage

1

elite; best; pick; cream of the crop

9

to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express

1

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

3

even; but; however

6

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

4

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

5