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destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe

3

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

2

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

1

source of supply

1

to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand

1

postwar period; period after Second World War

1

hegemony; leadership; initiative

1

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

4

if; in case; supposing

3

to set on fire; to ignite

1

divine will

1

specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit

6

puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute

1

line

4

to step over or across; to overcome

3

one's troops

2

to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)

1

road to Hades

1

suicide attack; kamikaze attack

1

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

5

one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind

2

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

3

counterattack

1

school; sect; party

1

final; eventual; ultimate

2

exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC

3

restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

6

laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

2

political maneuvering; politicking; political machinations

1

to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over

2

ruin; destruction; fall

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doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

3

one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit

1

habit; behavior; behaviour; trait

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

2

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

1

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

8

absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer

1

fact; truth; reality

5

to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive

2

to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in

7

people

5

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

6

to surge; to well up; to gush out

1

bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

6

proud; lordly

7

very young; little; childish; immature

9

longevity; long life

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

2

(some) more; even more; longer; further

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