management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
time axis; time basis; timeline
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
to fight against; to oppose; to face
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
one after another; in succession
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
whole face; all over one's face
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
to be jealous; to be envious
everybody; every last one of them; all
strategy meeting; council of war
friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
image; figure; figure; form; image
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
no-good man; (male) loser
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
quarrel; dispute; argument
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover
to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)