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effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy

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to throw away one's life

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resolute; determined; bold

1

Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty

2

poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby

1

number of persons; personnel

1

military gains; war results; fruit of battle

1

feats of arms; military exploits; distinguished military service

1

extermination; expulsion; destruction

2

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

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suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action

2

Stalin

8

intensive

1

quinquennial; recurring every five years

1

armaments; military preparations

1

leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress

2

enlargement; increase

1

modernization; modernisation

1

First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1

1

Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)

1

European countries; European nations

1

military attaché

1

Berlin (Germany)

1

Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)

1

winning a war; victory

1

to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted

1

clear; distinct

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charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity

1

humanity; human nature

1

adoration; admiration; devotion

1

intimacy; friendship; friendly relations

1

future years; in (one's) later years

1

to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

2

dancing; dance

1

crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)

1

change of post

1

minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate

2

Battle of Khalkhin Gol (1939); Nomonhan Incident

2

severe; hard

1

being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)

1

military authorities; army circles

1

weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending

1

early stage

1

end; close

2

present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade

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to take on a role; to take part

1

to blow (of autumn wind); to fall out of love

1

face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members

2

to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize

1

diplomatic negotiations; negotiations through diplomatic channels

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