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(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as

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face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

1

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

5

change; transition; vicissitudes

1

wandering; roaming; drifting

1

strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough

3

to be doing; to be in the process of doing

1

(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age

1

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

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secret society

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to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root

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another thing; exception; special case

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to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things

2

humans and animals; humans and beasts; beast in human form

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connection; relation; linkage

2

clause; article; stipulations

1

supporter; helper; aid provider; patron

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final; eventual; ultimate

2

to chew up

2

craftsman; artisan

1

to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect

2

strong pressure; heavy pressure

1

nothing but; except; no more than

3

blessing; grace

1

seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; early stages; very beginning

2

confident; assured; self-assured; bullish

1

blame; accusation; torture; maltreatment; pangs (of conscience)

1

weak; frail; fragile

1

patronage; protection

1

(public) peace; stability; tranquility; tranquillity

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luxury; extravagance

2

clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)

1

pearl

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solid; strong; firm

2

narrow; cramped; small-sized

1

in secret

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crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)

1

to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order

1

innermost depths of one's heart

4

fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating

2

(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability

2

to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)

4

affirmation; affirmative

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to place in a row; to line up; to range in order; to list one after another (e.g. excuses, reasons, complaints); to rattle off (e.g. lies, compliments); to reel off

2

to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle

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laughingstock

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one end; an end; part; fragment

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wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster

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unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule

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not a little; not a few; considerable

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