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food shortage

4

remarkable; striking; obvious

1

agricultural production

3

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

2

industrial (manufacturing, factory) town or city

2

ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay

2

requisition; commandeering; conscription

5

foolish undertaking

3

aim

5

unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

3

industrial goods

1

gem; jewel; precious stone

3

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

1

answer; solution

5

clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate

11

treaty of commerce

8

to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)

2

to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid

4

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

6

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

2

to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again

1

to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

5

exemplar; model; example; pattern

2

to get angry; to become perverse

7

to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive

2

child's mind; childlike innocence; naivete

2

to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth

1

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

5

nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops

2

suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting

2

childhood

1

to explain the situation

2

attendant; companion

6

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

5

one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha

2

to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete

4

body; group; party; company; troupe

15

(theatrical) fighting scene

4

accompanying; being accompanied by; going with

6

nowadays; recently

2

to spread; to be propagated

2

vagrancy; vagabondage; wander around

1

citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)

1

maintenance of public order; maintaining security

4

to catch

1

left ear

1

spinal fluid; gray matter; grey matter

2

minor injury

1

indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless

1