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military regime

2

to hide oneself

1

to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium

1

all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception

1

head of a household; business owner; proudly independent person; feudal lord; daimyo

1

value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction

1

to choke; to have trouble breathing

1

refutation; rebuttal; retort

1

to catch off guard; to catch unprepared

1

to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)

2

to entertain; to treat

1

to be enchanted; to be charmed

1

vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

1

to interrupt (a person)

1

to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

2

ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)

2

to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

3

shamelessly

1

picking out; choosing; picking (someone) up (in a vehicle); pickup (in a record player); (phono) cartridge; pickup (truck)

1

to empty; to vacate; to evacuate

1

paper

1

introduction; introductory part; lead

1

to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

1

politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver

1

bashful; shameful; ashamed

1

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

1

they; them

1

painful; being sorry; feeling sorry

5

far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for

1

unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved

1

to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry

1

sign; indication; omen; symptom

1

easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely

1

to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of

1

act which serves the interests of (benefits) the enemy

1

effectively impossible

1

what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?

1

saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds); receiver

7

four-eyed; pattern of four squares

2

act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery

1

has reached its limit; has reached its peak

1

unlucky

1

muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something

1

personality; individuality; TV personality; celebrity

1

annexation; absorption; merger; swallowing up

1

inflow; influx

3

congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder

1

language of one's country; mother tongue; native language

1

British person; Briton; English person; Englishman; Englishwoman

1

race

2