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starting a train (or bus, etc.) before all the passengers are on board; making a snap decision; starting an action without considering objections to it any longer

1

knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things

1

real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope

1

fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

1

devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment

2

resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating

2

loss of (self-)confidence; inferiority complex

2

aimless; rambling; desultory; casual

1

consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study

10

rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

3

exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin

1

peace

2

ten years; decade

6

Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2

1

First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1

1

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)

1

guard; convoy; escort

8

public order; public peace; public security; law and order

1

during the war

3

peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times

1

verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words

2

business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy

1

technological innovation

1

advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)

1

meaning; significance

1

to lose sight of; to miss

3

cabinet minister

1

ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

1

clique; faction

1

peace talks; peace negotiations

1

privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

1

consequently; as a result; in the end

2

off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant

1

near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess

1

(not saying anything) no matter what

1

awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing

1

to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess

3

steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy

1

deep impression; being deeply moved; being deeply touched

1

to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue

1

katsudon; pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice

1

compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)

1

paper bag

1

(direct) hit; hitting the mark

1

well done!; bravo

1

recommendation; endorsement

1

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition

1

national armed forces

1

private

1

spontaneous; voluntary

2