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to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

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cold reception; inhospitality

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capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

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each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)

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order of chivalry; chivalric order

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assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)

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good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation

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mission; delegation

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invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion

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the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible

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(political) power; authority; influence

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of course; certainly; naturally

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to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

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to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

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to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

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to fight; to cross swords; to engage in battle; (lit.) to cross spears

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doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness

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mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

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fault-finding; carping

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outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

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shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

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hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

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details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

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to be conspicuous; to stand out

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pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts

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anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

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tightening

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conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch

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posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance

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politics; government

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rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

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adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing

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to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)

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to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

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to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

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to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

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certainly; surely; definitely

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victory; triumph; win; conquest; success

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strongest

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to step back; to retire

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nightmare; bad dream

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good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

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to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast

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mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)

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at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

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to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)

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particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

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goodness; good

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pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast

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raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities

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