empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
person who has rendered distinguished service
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
plenipotentiary powers; full authority
transfer; assignment; conveyance
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
the reverse; other side; lining
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
outside the country; abroad
allied nations; the Allies (World War I, World War II); Allied powers
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
recommendation; referral; endorsement
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
older brother and younger sister
oath; vow; pledge; covenant
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
to bring to light; to expose (to the world)
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
to lead someone around by the nose
to get slightly dirty (all over)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
staying behind; remaining; residual
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)