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policy

2

exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing

1

unable to resist; unable to suppress

1

10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

3

10,000; ten thousand

1

(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

3

major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued

2

alliance; union; league

1

dispersal; evacuation; removal; spreading out (troops); deployment

1

stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity

3

to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)

2

futures; credit (buying); stretching; total (preceding counter, unit, etc.); aggregate

1

stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison

3

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

2

growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history

1

mother

1

the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown

1

(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)

1

to pass; to go past

3

start; beginning

1

something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

2

four man group; quartet; the Gang of Four

1

bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face

6

backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)

1

to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

1

bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well

1

to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)

1

unlucky

4

three-way junction; three-way intersection

3

to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock

3

to knock out (e.g. homer); to slam; to send flying (e.g. a ball); to wallop (someone)

3

to send (rain); to shed

2

sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air

7

rage; fury

1

the spirit of curiosity

1

putting off; postponing

5

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

1

hidden; concealed; unknown; passing away; dying; death

1

to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line

2

oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed

1

trusting too much; overestimating ability

1

attic; loft

1

top floor

2

ceiling boards

2

to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown

1

apartment building; housing complex

3

brickwork

1

idling away time; unproductively; slowly (moving); heavily; ponderously

2

sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out

1

to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up

2