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exceedingly; extremely; decisively

2

system

2

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

2

history

9

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

1

to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

1

protest; objection

2

organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

2

guild

13

restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope

1

management; administration; operation

5

to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing

1

headquarters; head office; main office

5

foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land

10

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

6

again; once more; a second time

1

one's thought and beliefs

1

head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)

2

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

9

charity; benevolence; philanthropy; (love for) humanity; fraternity; brotherhood

3

creed; doctrine; dogma

1

thought; idea; ideology

2

for this reason

1

mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence

1

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

3

to escape

3

to cross the ocean (i.e. to go to or come from overseas)

1

now; nowadays

8

group; bunch; crowd; group

1

to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up

1

to drift (to); to be washed ashore

1

transfer of control

1

imperialism

1

king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne

45

royal authority; regal power; authority of the king

2

something like ...; something called ...

4

to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel

1

to build; to construct

1

to the last; persistency; thoroughness

2

months and years

2

prosperity; thriving; flourishing

4

civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict

5

outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence

1

country; territory; domain; realm

4

to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

6

to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end

1

prayer; supplication

9

to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed

5