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preference; priority; precedence

7

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

14

millions; several million; a few million

1

impoliteness

1

pity; compassion

1

hesitation; indecision; vacillation

3

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

3

to stare in wonder; to be amazed

7

to entrance; to possess; to enthrall

3

truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

12

polite; respectful; reverent

1

eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo

1

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

4

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

5

person; member

2

to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face

2

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat

1

treating (someone) like an object

2

bribe; sweetener; douceur

1

fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

3

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

1

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

4

indicate reason; infers some protest

8

correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with

8

and then; in addition to that; also; even so

1

main question; real issue at hand

2

strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

3

to straighten oneself

3

UN Security Council

3

opinion in writing; written opinion; argument

1

mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

6

human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness

1

to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate

5

should not; must not

1

birth

1

military secret

4

exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure

4

one end; an end; part; fragment

3

to speak flamboyantly

2

to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

2

(deeply held) resentment

4

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

11

to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store

7

to form a group; to form a bunch

1

one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)

1

paper

4

roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly

6

flush; blush

3

corporal

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to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as

5