possession; occupation; occupancy
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
advanced level; high grade; senior
job; work; duties; trade; skill
stipulation; stating clearly; documenting in writing; stating explicitly
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to employ; to hire; to charter
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
in name only; titular; nominal
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that