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settlement; solution; resolution

10

financial muscle; economic clout

2

social status; social position

2

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

7

inferiority complex

1

broke; poor; short; skint; having no money

2

menial; meanness; servility; abject

3

(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth

2

opinion; view; comment

5

affirmation; affirmative (logic)

1

rather; sooner; preferably

8

to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive

2

even if ...; even supposing that ...

1

three years

1

money; cash

2

face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect

3

hegemony; leadership; initiative

1

modern times; the modern age; this day and age

2

string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

3

to seize the initiative

1

butter from cow's milk; storax (resin); styrax; toad venom

1

the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

1

big problem

3

trivial; slight

5

outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious

1

rival; competition

1

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

2

marriage proposal; courtship

5

he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing

3

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

3

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

8

repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back

1

direct control; direct supervision

1

moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment

1

dramatic

1

inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple

1

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

5

to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

2

love; affection

3

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

1

entertainment

2

on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

7

remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)

1

vanity

1

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

5

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

3

(one's) self; oneself

12

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

2

seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

19

anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway

2