supreme council; high council; Supreme Soviet (former USSR)
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
send specially; special envoy
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
executives; top management; governing body
trust; confidence; credence
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
order; directive; instructions; command
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
like this; this sort; this way
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
temporary custody (of children, luggage, etc)
to arrive (by car, bike, etc.); to drive up to; to draw up at; to get used to riding; to get used to driving
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
safely; without incident; without mishap; in peace; peacefully; quietly
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
drifting; drift; being adrift
certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly
at the mercy of (e.g. the waves); with (e.g. the wind)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
(on the) sea; surface of the sea
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
ridge on the side of a sword blade; ridged pattern
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
to forget completely; to leave behind
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off