(committee) chairman; president
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
autonomy (philosophy); self-control
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
particularly; only; in the case of
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
equality; impartiality; evenness
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
is something that; is that which
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
to repeat; to do something over again
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
discovery; detection; finding
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)