top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
former (incumbent); predecessor
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
twenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
meeting; greeting; welcome
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of; to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
no!; no no!; no, not at all
compelling force; legal force
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk