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whereunder; thereunder

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organization chart; organisation chart

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fantastic; bizarre; incredible; tree tumbo (Welwitschia mirabilis)

1

rustic; rude; vulgar; rough

1

losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose

1

with spirit; courageously; resolutely

1

couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)

1

absurd; nonsensical; preposterous

1

though; even if; whether ... or ...

2

(suddenly) quiet

1

braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait

1

to rest one's chin in one's hands

4

arrogant; haughty; insolent

1

fine quality

1

falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy

1

coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person

1

stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure

1

careless person; thoughtless person

1

authentic; credible; creditworthy; dependable; reliable; sound

1

reason; logic; sense; truth; right

1

humor; humour; joke

1

mass production

2

fishing; collecting shells; fisherman; fisher

1

inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class

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to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

2

inferior species; inferior breed; inferior race

1

the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)

1

good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do

2

uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition

1

tendency to worry a lot

1

fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification

1

strategy; tactics

1

impregnable

1

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

3

hindrance; intrusion

1

ritual stamping in the ring; lineup; appearance together

1

road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism

2

linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple

2

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

1

to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

4

to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

1

gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor

2

if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)

1

to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

1

resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace

1

to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice

1

timid; fainthearted

1

full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself

2

concentration; density; cardinality

4

snapping back (at someone) despite being in the wrong; getting mad back

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