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superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance

2

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)

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contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game

1

few in number

5

glamorous; charming; fascinatingly elegant; lovely; gorgeous; beguiling

1

powerful; strong

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quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off

1

brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot

4

to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door

1

leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me

2

to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

3

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

1

to make plans

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to be found; to be discovered

9

gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine

1

occlusion; bite; engaging or meshing (of gears)

1

first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only

2

to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.); to be destroyed; to fall through; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; to be routed

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

6

acceleration; speeding up

10

lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life

16

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

1

magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view

4

next morning

3

to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

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to bring someone along

2

stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece

2

special grade article; superfine brand

1

wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability

1

to keep watch (e.g. on a suspect); to be on the lookout (for); to spend a lot of money (on); to treat oneself (to); to paste; to stick

1

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

6

inspection; examination; survey

1

possession; occupation; occupancy

3

derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible

1

abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy

1

construction; establishment

2

orichalcum

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to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)

3

to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)

1

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

8

present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era

5

offset; offsetting each other; set-off; setoff; killing each other

2

to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good

2

personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs

1

claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)

1

value; worth; merit

5

actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)

1

purchase; buying

1

sanction; approval; decision

1

krone (currency of Denmark and Norway)

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