dagger; stiletto; confidant; right-hand man
special promotion (in rank or grade)
(social) class; rank; grade
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
crisis prevention; crisis avoidance
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
possible; likely; probable
promotion; raising of status
salaried; with pay; vacation; (paid) holiday
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
deputy director; assistant director; vice director; deputy general manager; assistant general manager; vice (general) manager
political measures; policy
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
to be forced to bear the responsibility and resign; to be driven out of office
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
demotion; relegation; downgrading
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
to continue to do; to persist in doing
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
to speak ill of; to disparage
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
different opinion; objection
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
physical condition; state of health