assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
don't you think?; indicates question
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
urgent; pressing; exigent
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
private citizen; civilian
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
president (of a society); chairman
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
practical business; practical work experience; practicum; practice
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
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plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
unified effort of government and private sector
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
national crisis; national disaster
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake