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marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons

2

to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away

3

United Kingdom

1

unnecessary; needless

1

stain; blot; flaw; disgrace

1

boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English

1

island country

1

to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush

2

military discipline; military regulations; military rules

1

equipment

1

premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated

2

reform; reformation; reorganization

1

open; public; official; overt

1

reform; renovation

1

sounds good; sure thing; no problem

1

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

3

Arthur

3

prophet; predictor; prognosticator

1

to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

2

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

1

to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out

1

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing

1

to commit a crime; to commit a sin

1

house arrest

1

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

hearsay; rumor; grapevine

1

grief; lamentation

2

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

2

unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless

1

negotiation

1

quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

1

to become haggard; to become gaunt; to become emaciated; to become worn out (from illness, worry, etc.)

1

that's so, isn't it

1

to leave behind

1

chrysalis; pupa

1

butterfly

1

so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much

4

old age; ageing; aging; old person; the elderly; the aged

1

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while

1

war by proxy; proxy war

1

exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin

1

political situation; political affairs

1

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

1

to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off

1

to destroy

2

... years old; age (of) ...

1

flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming

1

to fight to the bitter end

1

to run about; to rush about

3

home; household; family; hearth

2