top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
to know (someone); to think; to believe
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
two equal parts; exactly two parts
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
allied nation; ally; Central Powers (in WWI)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
sub-; second-rate; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia
union; combination; association; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)
exit; way out; outlet; vent
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
breakwater; mole; seawall; bulwark; shield (e.g. against critcism); protective barrier
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to make a speech; to address
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
reopening; resumption; restarting
(the condition of) one's health
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
euphemistic; circumlocutory; periphrastic; roundabout; indirect
the person in question; the person themselves; said person