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

5

will; dying instructions

1

trembling with fear; filled with trepidation

2

seeming sad

2

being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment

1

to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)

1

deep-seated; deep-rooted; ingrained

1

quiet; dependable; uniform; (politically) moderate

1

assistant; adjunct; lieutenant

1

suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

2

vicious circle; vicious cycle

1

all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern

1

science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)

1

ally (of another nation)

1

kindness; courtesy

2

kindness; favor; favour

1

inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling

1

direct action

1

person requiring special attention; person to be wary of; person under (police) surveillance; dangerous person

1

MacColl; McCall

2

appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in

4

Abrams

5

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

1

Minister of Finance

7

House of Peers (Japan, Meiji constitution); House of Lords (UK)

7

strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough

1

patriarch; family head

1

high pitch

1

foreign country

4

mother

1

(political) purge

1

coexistence

2

to put into effect; to put into practice

2

to frown; to squint

1

to give; to do ...

1

to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean

1

His Majesty the King

1

repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)

1

to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword

1

execution of a criminal

1

once you've committed a crime, commit to it; in for a penny, in for a pound; (lit.) if you've eaten poison, (lick) the plate

1

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

1

to cause a person trouble

1

you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)

1

all kinds of things; various things; large number of people

2

to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations

1

Delhi (India); Derry; Dhery

1

dish; parabolic antenna

1

to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish

1

to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

1