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however; nevertheless

2

wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord

1

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

2

-less; lacking; non-existing

1

creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep

4

to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

2

to finish; to graduate

6

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

1

necessary evil

1

was

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precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

1

to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of

1

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

2

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

5

slave; servant; slavery

7

absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)

3

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

4

ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making

1

structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

8

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

1

outlet (e.g. for water or gas); market (for something); outlet (e.g. for excess energy); vent (e.g. for emotions)

1

mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

4

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

4

limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...

5

to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

2

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

2

sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again

3

... all over again (repeating the same failure)

1

please

2

fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)

4

to look at; to gaze; to stare at

2

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

5

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

7

to hatch out

1

oratory; eloquence

1

anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation

1

a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

3

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

6

to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in

1

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

2

continuation

2

to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)

1

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

1

shaved head; person with a shaved head; skinhead; shaved-headed member of a subculture often associated with Neo-nazism

1

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

1

character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

2

craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

1

hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious

1

fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet

2

many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

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