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survival instinct

6

principal cause

4

to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder

5

paints; painting material

6

undercoat; first coating

4

Carley; Curley; Kahry

2

national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic

2

main building

13

coating; painting

4

construction; constructing; carrying out; work; formation; workmanship

3

putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint

2

temporary; provisional; interim

3

suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting

1

interests and preferences

2

to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

4

(musical) accompaniment

2

half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer

1

royal capital; imperial capital

10

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

1

to spend money

9

statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker

10

snakelike; snaky; serpentine

1

vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful

4

approach; approach shot

27

bad habit; vice

5

to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it

3

forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)

8

to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play

39

to be lost in lust for riches; to throw all caution and conscience away in pursuit of riches

1

dandy; handsome and fashionable man; fop; chivalrous man

3

playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting

2

lady; nobleman's wife

6

marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons

7

dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp

4

technology; technique; technical

1

sexual relations; physical relations; carnal relations

18

back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer

9

donor; benefactor; chief mourner; client (of a builder, etc.)

1

mainstay; nucleus; key

1

insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile

1

chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words

3

to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

7

customer service smile

1

unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved

1

enclosure

3

to make a pass at; to hit on; to call out to (in an attempt to seduce)

1

visitor; caller

5

policy

1

if you insist (on it)

4

lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head

2