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increase and decrease; fluctuation

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to the trained eye

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brave general; brave warrior; courageous general

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road; highway

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mastery

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emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness

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fallen snow; snow cover

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construction; constructing; carrying out; work; formation; workmanship

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to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point

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to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole

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to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

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acting; performance

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to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says

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mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin

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mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about

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bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering

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fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls

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scout; patrol; spy

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castle site; ruins of a castle

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revolt; rebellion; war

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to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from

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to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure

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a number of days

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false report; incorrect report; misinformation; false alarm

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to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude

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cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate

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initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor

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phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo

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sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal

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impeachment; denunciation; accusation; censure

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to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

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consensus; collective will; collective opinion

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religious; spiritual

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a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

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to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

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to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)

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burlesque; low comedy; farce

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to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference

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gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying

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stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

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retention; maintenance; preservation

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(find) common (meeting) ground

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political

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ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

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priests' temple quarters

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literature; books (reference); document

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overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory

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casualties; killed and wounded; human damage

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you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

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clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

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