secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
massing (of troops); gathering
long-awaited; much-awaited
to make an appearance; to show up
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
each nation; many nations; many countries
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
consists of; comprises; is made up of
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
power; authority; jurisdiction
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
seven (long cylindrical things)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne