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to be manageable; to be able to handle

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to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings

2

this is why; this means; it is the case that

2

cunning; crafty; wily; sly

2

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

2

diplomatic relations

1

convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

1

mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly

1

celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

1

attachment (esp. to things); love; affection

1

dirty work; unpleasant task

2

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

1

written oath; covenant; pledge

1

autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication

1

document; official papers

5

quill; quill pen

2

one's home country; one's homeland

1

indigenous language; local language; vernacular; native tongue

1

humble; modest

1

true character; real nature

2

to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself

1

instigation; flattery

1

to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way

1

concession; conciliation; compromise

1

acting ability; talent as a performer

1

politician; statesman

1

actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

1

ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)

1

sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy

1

to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes

2

to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor

1

to be blinded by greed

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desire; appetite; lust

2

to bend a bow; to shoot an arrow; to rise up against; to rebel against

1

another person; others

1

unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avarice

1

kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)

1

to grow old; to age

1

lust for power

2

relations with women

1

great men have great fondness for the sensual pleasures

1

also called

1

nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color

1

chasing after women; womanizing

1

inseparable

1

inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling

1

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

2

this school; the school in question

1

attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student

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