exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
side parting; hair parted to one side
corpulence; fatness; obesity
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
secretary (government); director; chief
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
hegemony; leadership; initiative
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
plenipotentiary powers; full authority
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
one's long-cherished desire
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
government office; government agency; authorities
hardness and softness; hard line and moderate line
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
military vessel; war fleet
to use and then throw away
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
measurement error; calculation error
to take precautions; to set a guard against attack
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
falling of the curtain; coming to an end