next; following; subsequent; stage; station
important place; strategic point; critical location
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
duty; obligation; responsibility
place; room; margin; scope
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
power; authority; jurisdiction
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
nod; inclination of the head
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
interruption; interference; butting in
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to develop a relationship; to build intimacy; to deepen a friendship; to get acquainted
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
should time and circumstances permit
power balance; balance of power
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
disturbance; agitation; commotion; upheaval; riot
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to