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sense of values; values; value system

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rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife; mutual overcoming cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, metal overcomes wood); excessive destructive cycle

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flow

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to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

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last century; previous century; ancient times; old times

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second half; latter half

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Industrial Revolution

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main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)

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industrialization; industrialisation; establishing a production system; putting into production

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to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

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absorption; suction; attraction

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rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new

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working class

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universal suffrage

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beginning (of a century, etc.)

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journalist

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sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

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too much; excessive; too

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work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique

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Nicholas Nickleby

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report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage

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everywhere; all over the place; here and there; at every turn

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conservatism

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good old; good old-fashioned

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to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly

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human society

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nineteen; 19

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century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

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pastoral; idyllic

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to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)

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gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit

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to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher

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hungry (e.g. for success)

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starvation; famine; hunger

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age; era; period; date

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great famine; severe famine

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successive occurrence; frequent occurrence; succession (of); series

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large number (of); many; majority

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poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

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ten; 10; ten years of age

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(period of) a year; during the era (of)

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qualitative difference; disparity; gap

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town; city; municipal; urban

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one third; a third part

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extreme poverty

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some book; book about that subject; books

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

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to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe

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easy to imagine

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top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled

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