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clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

1

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work

3

scoundrel; rascal; villain

2

compared to

4

detestable; despicable; abhorrent

1

necessary evil

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)

1

how; in what way

1

afternoon; p.m.

1

to settle (a dispute)

2

drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office

2

to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into

1

Mithra

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approximate age

1

cask; barrel

1

young person; youngster; greenhorn; novice; inexperienced person

1

to have both; to possess both; to combine with

1

empress; queen

4

one's birth mother; one's biological mother

2

Imperial household

1

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

4

legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor

1

inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor

5

to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

2

independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative

1

noble; high and noble; noble (character); refined; precious; expensive

3

to become pregnant

2

winner; victor

2

to entertain; to treat

1

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

4

important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination

1

fame; reputation; renown

1

to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to

1

dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself

1

to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse

2

highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)

1

supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

1

to make light of; to ignore; to slight

1

younger half-brother (by a different father)

3

human face

2

coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting

1

eyebrow

1

with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

1

to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

1

to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile

2

height (of a person); stature

1

intimidating air; sense of intimidation

1

dangerous; risky

1