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fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

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confidence; trust; faith; credit

1

gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse

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strategic

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to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit

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new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

3

to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

4

not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)

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meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; knowing; pregnant (pause)

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to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with

3

consenting to; agreeing to; understanding; being convinced of; being satisfied

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long

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pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining

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to hold (something) reverently with both hands

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to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard

2

tall figure; high stature

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eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole

2

hardness; stiffness

3

drill

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combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting

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throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction

2

activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor

3

to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance

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to bring someone along

2

to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least

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unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

2

trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

3

gist; main point

1

to sum up; to summarize; to summarise

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explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation

1

apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that

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incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling

2

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

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spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

3

with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill

2

moment; instant; kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time

2

to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air); to form an arc

3

superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance

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in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for

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loss of fighting spirit; losing the will to fight

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to fail to escape

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to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard

1

opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset

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disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus

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

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myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)

2

achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service

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skill; ability; dexterity; performance; workmanship; craftsmanship

3

extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious

2

from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

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