Sentence:  This ignorant estimate , I repeat , is not of any interest in itself ; but it becomes <WSD>very</WSD> important if foreign peoples react the way human beings typically do - namely , by taking steps to end up on what appears to be the winning side . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal