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rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field

to combine parts of two different things into a new thing; to compromise; to balance out

Idiomatic expression

clear-cut and straightforward

Idiomatic expression

(of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright; frank

payment by installments; payment by instalments; hire-purchase

dividing vertically; vertical split; top-to-bottom sectioning; division into sections; splitting lengthwise

canal; waterway; ditch

to step on (something) and break it

panel layout

Abbreviation

student discount

clipping (audio)

Linguistics

(vowel) breaking; vowel fracture

Mathematics

secant (trigonometric function)

to split (by striking); to divide

to disclose; to speak frankly

sharing equally (costs, profits, etc.); splitting equally

divide and rule; divide and conquer

cracked bell

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

The Nutcracker (ballet by Tchaikovsky)

falling below quota; not reaching capacity (e.g. a school having fewer applicants for entrance exams than its quota)

spork (spoon and fork)

daily rate

(day-by-day) schedule; program

demarcation; marking of boundaries

to cut (into two or more pieces)

to be found out; to be seen through; to be exposed; to come to light; to be revealed

vertically segmented administrative system; overcompartmentalized bureaucracy; system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency; (bureaucratic) sectionalism; interministerial rivalry; bureaucratic fiefdoms

central role