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arms buildup; military expansion

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influential person; man of importance

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head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)

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opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

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front; frontage; facade; main

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the height of folly; sheer stupidity

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(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

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congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly

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speech; address

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to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit

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sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning

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to learn by hearsay

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sweeping conquest; sweeping over; conquering; invading

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tyranny; abuse of power; violence (e.g. of a storm)

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abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

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emotional; sentimental

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muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness

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to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

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historical fact

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a few years later

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edict; ordinance; proclamation

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abolition; repeal

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raising an army

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very; much; greatly; a lot of

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to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

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state religion

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to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

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to take over; to hand over

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sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

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to hesitate to say

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considerably; fairly; quite

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wildcard (in hanafuda); storm card; gaji (term used in Hawaii); extra card (in hanafuda, kabufuda, etc.; sometimes depicting an ogre); joker; blank card

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attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance

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unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

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dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)

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origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry

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to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled

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to reign supreme; to assume the leadership (hegemony); to dominate

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what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

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descendant

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thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

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heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman

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to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for

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to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

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to be ungrateful

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favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude

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no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine

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one's house; one's home; one's family

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family precepts; family motto; rule of the home

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the late; the deceased

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