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soft to the touch (e.g. fur, feathers); fluffy; to stroke (something fluffy); to rub; to pat

5

to look old; to get old

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page

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to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

4

autobiography

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university student; college student

1

first impression

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upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general

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to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like

1

clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress

3

to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with

2

empress; queen

1

to look down (on); to condescend (to)

1

to surround; to crowd around

2

in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye

2

centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

1

unjust; inhuman

1

to suffer from hunger

1

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

1

downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

2

seeming very

2

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

3

being excited; having the jitters (with expectation)

1

frequent; common; usual

2

offense; offence; method of attack

1

to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about

1

to be transparent; to show through

1

good-for-nothing; worthless

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to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do

1

general mobilization; general mobilisation

2

the State

1

wise person; sage

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(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty

1

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

1

to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer

1

to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)

2

to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)

2

to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over

2

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

2

to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

1

to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword

1

to end without incident; to not turn into something serious

3

domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country

1

reputation; respectability; honour; honor

1

outside a castle

1

chaos of war; war turmoil

2

hard to reach place; remote place

3

one machine; one vehicle

1

direct unforked road; straight path

1

sharp parting remark; parting threat

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