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unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest

1

inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

2

snake; serpent; large snake

3

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

4

ordinary citizen; the general public

1

one way or the other; either way

1

to punish; to penalize; to penalise

3

risk

8

to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane

2

international problem

1

inscrutable; incomprehensible

1

successor

5

inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike

2

foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction

2

foresight; anticipation

1

injury; harm; evil influence; damage

2

lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

11

strong pressure; heavy pressure

2

polite; courteous; hospitable

1

the times

2

spare (part, tire, etc.); spare (bowling); knocking down all pins on the second throw

1

to take someone's life; to kill someone

1

complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge

1

foundation stone; cornerstone

2

baseless; groundless

2

influential person; man of importance

10

being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery

1

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

2

something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

1

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

2

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

8

reset; fresh start; new beginning

1

ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea

2

shade of tree; bower

4

tree; trees and shrubs

3

branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue

2

counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats

1

training; drilling

1

afterimage; imprint

1

successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another

2

together; mutually; fellow

2

thick (esp. paper, cloth)

2

this newspaper

1

spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp

1

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

1

degree of difficulty

2

uniformity; equality

1

category

1

idle thoughts; worldly thoughts

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