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could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of

2

damage (esp. financial) caused by harmful rumours or misinformation (rumors)

1

near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person

1

rumbling; (ringing) cadence

1

escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

4

planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up

2

papier-mâché tiger (toy with a loose, wobbly head); paper tiger; someone (or something) who is all bark and no bite; man of straw

1

zoo; zoological gardens

1

utter failure; gross mistake; wrong guess

1

savanna; savannah

1

to give an order

3

fate; destiny; predestination

3

carbon dioxide

1

obscure; vague; ambiguous

1

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

4

scoop

1

ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

1

(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty

3

to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link

1

stalking

1

meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm

2

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

5

guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections

1

taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...

2

land route; overland route; by land; overland

1

air route; air lane; by air; by plane

3

big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

1

preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice

2

composite; combined; complex

1

attendance at a castle

1

glancing look

1

flying dragon

2

to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one

1

the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)

1

secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)

1

usurpation; taking back; dispossession

1

(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go

1

to lick off; to take (something) off by licking

2

tearful face

1

pipe; tube

1

to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient

1

specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit

1

present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)

1

equation; formula; method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result

2

poker

1

simple; brief

1

adding; addition; extra

1

unable to resist; unable to suppress

1

news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter

1

glass; pane

1