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to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth

3

noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills

1

circuitous; roundabout; indirect

2

to be frank; to drop all pretense

1

to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)

3

national prestige

1

historic; historical

2

notification; pre-1886 administrative order

3

humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm

2

point of view

1

name of the emperor

1

knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge

1

mutual prosperity

1

cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)

1

how; in what way; how about; questionable

2

to be like-minded; to have the same goal

1

coexistence

2

exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change

3

the way something ought to be; the (current) state of things; how things are

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

2

total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale

1

war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war

1

to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal

2

hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

1

child; childish person; immature person

1

easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable

1

talk; dialogue; conversation

2

financier; business leader

1

industrialist; entrepreneur

1

national policy

5

gene; genetic

4

(divine) providence; dispensation

3

when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned

1

international community; international society; the world

1

countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick

2

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

5

to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited

1

mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit

2

to rank next to; to come after

1

state secrets; secrets of the state

1

internal trouble; domestic trouble

1

to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand

2

lower jaw; mandible

1

prosperity; flourishing; thriving

1

stage lighting

1

to be left in the dust (of); to be outdone (by); to be subordinate (to); to play second fiddle (to); to take second billing (to)

2

to wither while standing; to die standing (of plants)

1

sprouts; new shoots; young buds

1

chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue

5

snow thaw; thawing

1