senior pupil (of the same master); senior disciple; senior student; senior member
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
temporary; provisional; to do something temporarily (esp. build temporary facilities); to do something provisionally
management; administration; operation
chief; main; principal; major
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
to relax; to feel at home
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
support; backing; patronage
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
good-quality; superior in quality
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
regular time; stated period
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
under development; in development
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
intelligence operative; spy
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
secrecy; highly classified information
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most