deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
first meeting; first interview with
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
commandant; commanding officer; general
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
postwar period; period after Second World War
peace conference; peace negotiations
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
to head home; to leave for home
along the road; at the side of the road
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
holding down (esp. in judo); holding technique; pinning down; immobilizing; bringing under control
overloading (someone; with work); overworking (someone); overwhelming; flooding (e.g. with tasks)
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
commander-in-chief; supreme commander
soldier; combatant; warrior
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
conference room; place of assembly
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
annoyance; irritation; vexation; abdominal spasms; convulsions; cramps
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, string, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); piercing (e.g. with a needle); squashing (something small; e.g. an insect); breaking out (e.g. of a pimple)
eternal; everlasting; perpetual; immemorial
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation
feudal lords; barons; princes
to read (someone's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
stay; sojourn; stay; prop; support
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool-headed; cool (i.e. fashionable or stylish); course (of medical treatment)
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
plain; field; being outside the government; non-governmental sphere; private sector