last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
the two leading actors (in a play); the two star players; the two distinctive features; the two main items (attractions)
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to be in complete attendance
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
topic of discussion; agenda
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
conference room; council room
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
to be selected (from among many people)
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
responsiveness; responding; divine response (e.g. to a prayer); divine inspiration; induction (electromagnetism); inducing
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
100,000; hundred thousand
carrion beetle (any beetle of family Silphidae, incl. burying beetles)
adding up; totalling; totaling
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
bearer; carrier; person bearing responsibility; person in charge; supporter
the relation of master to servant
oath; pledge; pact; covenant; alliance
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
allegiance; obedience; submission
since some time ago; for quite a while; already
fortress; stronghold; citadel
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
diastrophism; movement and deformation of the earth's crust; upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes