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average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

2

influence; clout; leverage

3

one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit

1

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

3

to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist

1

clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

1

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

1

very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle

1

yes-man

1

to install (a person) in (someone's) place

2

one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough

1

field; sphere; realm; division; branch

3

future affairs; affairs after one's death

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

3

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture

1

fame; reputation; renown

2

chairmanship; presidency; management; president; chairman

1

(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (stopping) suddenly (of communications, a practice, etc.); abruptly; completely

1

to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

2

to be in danger of; to be liable to; to be at risk of

2

sudden death

1

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

1

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

2

loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage

1

as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie

1

uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague

1

substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect

1

the front (of a battlefield); forefront

1

to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

1

thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article

5

head (of a university department); chairperson

1

same; similar; (just) like; equal

2

firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away

1

to gain fame; to make one's name

1

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

1

to feel indebted (to); to feel grateful; to be much obliged

1

in the same way; like; likewise; similarly

2

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

2

face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect

4

to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with

1

to make a blunder; to bungle; to mess up; to make a foolish mistake

1

to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)

2

the late; the deceased

1

one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

2

personal considerations; private circumstances; sincerity; genuineness; actual state of affairs; unvarnished circumstances

2

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

9

miscalculation

1

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

2

to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question

2

middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)

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