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provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué

2

to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline

1

reliance; trust; faith; confidence

5

to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

3

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

4

cheating each other

1

to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude

1

treachery; betrayal; perfidy

1

walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent

2

every direction

1

leadership

1

losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown

1

contents; content

1

wherein; therein; thereinto

2

diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry

1

beyond this point; from now on; after this

3

what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on

2

to exchange glances

1

to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept

1

euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect

1

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

4

absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)

4

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

1

production increase

1

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent

1

to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

1

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

3

(political) power; authority; influence

2

ambitious; enterprising

1

(computer) bug

1

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

3

game

3

to remove; to eliminate

1

to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)

1

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

1

will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)

3

field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons

1

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

3

using the strongest words possible

1

noble; lofty; high-minded

2

for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

2

dirty work; unpleasant task

1

family lineage

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

2

visit; call

1

grandmother

1

technique

1

to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on

2

still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

2

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

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