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(animal) collar; necklace; choker

1

to suit; to match; to become; to be like

1

bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

2

to scan; to look over

1

influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

1

informal; unofficial

1

foolish; stupid; silly

3

opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable

1

succession of victories

1

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

1

cease-fire agreement

4

negotiation of conditions

3

civil war

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to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff

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highly ridiculous; quite absurd

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cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

4

dense; dim; dull-witted; unsympathetic; slow to understand; slow on the uptake

1

human history

1

to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)

1

encyclopedia; encyclopaedia

1

to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

1

large enterprise; big business; large undertaking

1

and so; therefore; for that reason

1

opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

2

enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to

3

latent; potential

1

painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

1

to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)

1

worried look; melancholy air

1

condition (sentiment) of the people

1

notice; attention; observation

1

introduction; outline; general remarks

2

secrecy; highly classified information

3

gently; airily; fluffily

1

spirit of the age; zeitgeist

1

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

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editorial; leading article; leader

1

big leakage; uncontained leak

1

being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed

1

translation; deciphering; decoding; translation

1

article; news story; report; account

2

to read (a book, etc.) over again

2

to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance

1

fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit

1

huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount

1

clause; article; stipulations

1

editor-in-chief

1

new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

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national mood; national sentiment; national feeling

1

brake; drag; skid; restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit

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