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briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly

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fluent; smooth; flowing

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borrowing

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lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely

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to be intolerable; to be unpardonable; to be too many to see all at once

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blood relative

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greed

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nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened

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this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means

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to understand; to comprehend

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to present; to offer; to dedicate

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follower

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petty trick; ruse

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hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

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to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy

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petition

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puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute

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dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death

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coherence; consistency

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assistance; backing; reinforcements

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river management; river improvement; flood control

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engineering works; civil engineering; public works

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intention to resign

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one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

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successor

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

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to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

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external; foreign; with foreign countries; towards foreign countries

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war; fighting; fierce competition

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principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general

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war of aggression; war of conquest

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plan; project; scheme

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to raise someone's position; to raise someone's standing

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to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit

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meeting; assembly; association; conjunction

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Zenon

179

dismissal (from a position); discharge

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to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)

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sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat

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union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)

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Imperial Council

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serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of

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Lucius

105

bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency

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to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided

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eastern gate

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cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession

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northeast

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(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)

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on the one hand ... (and on the other ...); on one side

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