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rights and interests (esp. those a country holds abroad)

2

jurisdiction; control

9

insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence; far-fetched argument; arguing against all reason

1

friction; discord; strife

3

to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

2

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less

5

support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support

6

to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing

1

burying alive

1

charming; fascinating; attractive

2

marsh; swamp; obsession; addiction; ugly man; retard

1

assassination

2

to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd

3

to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)

1

moderator

2

earthling; earthman; terrestrial; citizen of Earth

1

to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)

2

cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping

2

serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of

3

change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift

1

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)

2

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

3

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

1

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

3

next term

1

newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens

1

somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra

1

to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

1

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

2

ingredient; component; composition

1

viscously; stickily

2

without gaps; closely packed; always; usually; often; frequently

1

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

5

since when; from when; how long

5

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

1

be; is

1

barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

2

to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship

1

absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous

1

to be one's ruin; to do harm; to cause trouble; to have negative consequences; to bring about a bad outcome

4

negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

2

barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless

1

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

1

urgent; pressing; exigent

2

to get a phone call

1

careless remark

3

nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

4

contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message

1

curt; blunt; brusque

3