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extreme sadist; very sadistic

3

elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting

1

dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer

1

then; well then; if so

2

championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round

2

fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family

1

popular name; common name; nickname; alias

5

audio feedback; acoustic feedback; howl

3

laughing a ringing laugh; having a hearty laugh; roaring with laughter

2

increase

3

belligerence

1

to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing

6

explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting

2

shed; barn; outhouse

2

cyclone

1

to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff

13

to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide

16

halting (speech); faltering; stammering

3

sufferings; ordeals; agony; Passion (of Christ); crucifixion

6

looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance

1

detailed; clear

5

(in) her way; peculiar to her

11

respect

8

hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin

4

bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)

3

sorry; beg pardon; much obliged

1

cynicism (of mankind); belief that human nature is fundamentally evil

4

round (esp. in sports, negotiations, etc.); rounds (e.g. nurse, security guard, etc.)

2

-job; stimulating the penis with a body part

4

warm-up

4

cool down

3

belief that human nature is fundamentally good

2

philosopher

5

Mencius (372-289 BCE); Mengzi; Mencius (one of the Four Books)

2

innate goodness of man

8

benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus

2

human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness

9

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

2

the four beginnings (in Mencius's belief in humanity's innate goodness); the four sprouts

3

shame and hatred of evil

1

deferring to another

1

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

2

ethics; morals

15

idealistic thought (argument)

3

Junshi

1

malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)

1

arguing someone down; scolding; rebuking; proclaiming (the truth); expounding

5

human work; human agency; art; artificiality

5

model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example

2

artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made

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