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secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

3

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

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to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk

1

behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct

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advantage; benefit; profit; interest

1

nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son

1

house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

2

general review (e.g. of one's lessons); dress rehearsal

2

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

3

very young; little; childish; immature

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powerless; helpless; incompetent

1

children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people

1

subordinate person

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comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier

1

drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing

1

to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)

1

our school; my school

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complexity

1

to explain; to dispel doubts

1

to reach; to get to

1

gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash

3

deceiving; cheating; fooling

1

practical; pragmatic; hands-on; nuts and bolts

1

four

1

form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode

2

to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)

1

safety; security

1

rear; back; reverse

1

everybody; every last one of them; all

1

remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably

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to become a thing of the past

1

vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde

2

agent; proxy

10

peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace

1

resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness

1

to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom); to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)

1

at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

3

thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article

4

staff member; station employee; official

1

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

1

maintenance

1

in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

1

washing; cleansing; cleaning; cleansing (one's mind and body)

1

liquid; fluid

1

unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still

1

fate; chance

1

another meeting; meeting again; reunion

2

desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable

1

not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)

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sponge

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