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arrogant; haughty; insolent

1

manners; behavior; behaviour

1

borrowing; debt; loan

1

writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)

3

now (with the nuance of 'the last moment'); this late in the game

1

projecting part (of a headland, etc.); moment of departure; (on the) point of going out; outset; start

1

to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten

2

to call out; to shout

2

high treason

2

14; fourteen

1

one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple

7

to talk; to speak

1

exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit

3

inconvenient

1

one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

1

favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude

4

to take care; to mind; to be attentive

1

to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout

3

for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)

2

but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

4

concern; business

2

irrational (line of) argument

2

have to do; must; should; ought to

1

word game; wordplay; playing with words

1

lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)

1

power game

1

strong person; the strong; the powerful

9

symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

1

circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period

1

1,000; one thousand

1

timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)

3

openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face

1

martyr

1

to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

2

to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue

1

before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently

3

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

3

to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything

2

to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous

1

foreign travel

5

sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)

1

to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip

2

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

3

deportation

1

to ignore; to disregard; to overlook; to connive at

1

to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp

2

eastern gate

1

several (levels, floors)

1

several times (as large, over)

1

to apologize; to apologise

3