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sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

2

financial muscle; economic clout

4

to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)

1

school; sect; party

2

military conflict; armed conflict

2

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

6

internal strife; infighting; internal conflict

1

This isn't over; I will get my revenge

3

arrestee; person arrested

1

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

2

decoration; order; medal

1

use of (military) force

1

dying; death; dead; useless; damned

1

vacant post; vacancy; post in name only

1

candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)

1

voting rights

2

real power

6

countermeasure

1

to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

1

favorable; favourable

2

counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor

3

elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter

6

(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)

1

direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person

2

ballot; vote

1

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

1

to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of

2

emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point

1

election campaign

6

bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio

1

to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance

1

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

4

complication; confusion; disorder

2

dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry

4

board of directors

2

dodgy dealings; monkey business

2

useless resistance; vain struggle

2

to hate; to dislike

3

to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud

1

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

6

to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

1

backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; (lit.) the far-off bark of a retreating dog

1

to give an order

1

to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position

1

elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

4

battle of revenge

1

to do someone in; to bump someone off

5

to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence

4

to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe

8

judgement; judgment; carrying out a sentence (e.g. execution)

1