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to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

4

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

2

defeat; lost battle; defeated army

1

commander; general; leader

1

change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement

1

stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation

2

appointment (to an office); investiture; commission

1

demotion; relegation; downgrading

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)

2

imperial appointment

1

form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

5

full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself

3

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

1

reputation; respectability; honour; honor

1

general idea; concept; notion

1

big talk; boasting; bragging

1

ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat

1

to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow

2

to hang oneself; to strangle oneself

1

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

2

to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

1

fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred

1

to dispose of; to sell off

1

to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding

1

will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

6

victim; injured party; sufferer

1

to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)

1

to subsist; to keep on living

2

(one's) life

1

envy

1

in that manner; like that

1

to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of

2

by all means; at all costs; absolutely

1

decision; determination

7

taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story

1

to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other

1

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

4

by any standard; (not) even as flattery

2

to buy up

1

cost of one's food; one's board

1

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

2

exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)

2

unrelated

2

impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag

3

ordinary citizen; the general public

2

precious; valuable

2

to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over

1

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

2

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

1

consumption; expenditure

3