Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
system of government; government structure
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
tendency; trend; inclination
emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
rule; reign; government; governing
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
cut-in (printing); insertion; inclusion; built-in; predefined; embedded (e.g. software)
receiving; acceptance; reception
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
in good health; alive and well; going strong
traditional; conventional
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
besides; in addition; also; moreover
monolith; large slab of rock
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
the big two...; two major...; two main...
going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself