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learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

2

use; service; purpose

3

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

9

the street; the town

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dead of night; shades of night; black of night

1

to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult

8

a touch (of sadness, unease, etc.); a tinge (of); a hint (of); a smear (of paint, ink, etc.); one stroke (of a brush)

4

clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling

8

to hold fast; to protect to the end

2

cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable

1

nothing to be afraid of; trivial; not amounting to much; can't do anything

1

to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)

1

resignation; acceptance; consolation

5

contradiction

5

to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled

5

cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

6

mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark

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it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...

5

militant (faction, group, person, etc.); hardliner who favors force over compromise; hawk

4

very; much

6

extremists; radicals; militants

1

hope; white hope; person of promise

1

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

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paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight

5

to incur someone's enmity

3

leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level

1

to be of use (service)

1

crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against

2

insanity; an insane person

1

confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up

8

two groups; two bands

3

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

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it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all

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principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me

2

staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor

2

staff; staff member; stuffing (in Western cuisine); filling; stuff; materials

6

periodic; regular; routine

1

competent; suitable; qualified

5

thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack

1

hundred battles; many battles

1

quite; utterly; really; completely

2

to pass (examination)

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Mencius (372-289 BCE); Mengzi; Mencius (one of the Four Books)

1

children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants

1

attacking a fleeing enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation; rubbing salt into a wound

2

Fermat

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theorem

2

not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)

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bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

2

to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

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