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(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

3

otherwise; or else; if not

5

chill; shakes; ague

5

to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous

2

how old; what age

3

old friend; old acquaintance

1

active; dynamic; behavioural

1

surely (not); certainly (not)

3

rage; anger

2

nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion

2

polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful

2

matte (metallurgical)

1

rock; boulder; crag

4

to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood

2

to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge

1

anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation

4

to be tired of hearing

4

threatening words

2

outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery

2

human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person

1

to faint; to lose consciousness; to be in a daze; to feel overwhelmed; to feel exhausted

3

to be lost in thought; to be immersed in reverie

1

escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism

2

once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)

2

extremely

3

to begin to blow

1

headwind; head wind

2

hollow; cavity; dent; depression

1

leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on)

1

(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course

3

frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge

2

trial product; prototype model

3

armory; armoury; ordnance department

1

unnecessary; unneeded; useless; having nothing to do; unoccupied; idle

1

northern direction; north; (legal) wife (of a nobleman); lady

1

desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

3

to label (someone as)

2

network

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key people

2

child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)

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honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love

1

simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty

2

to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify

1

coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming

2

what on Earth is this?

1

to have one's hands slip (and drop something)

1

healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable

2

borrowing

1

upward adjustment; upward revision

1

to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)

2