top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
serious; not joking; straight
election; selection; choice
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
body; group; party; company; troupe
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
dignity; majesty; sanctity
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to backfire; to have a harmful result
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
imperial court; royal court
bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house
to do together; to share; to participate in
preference; priority; precedence
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
anything and everything; just about everything
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
armed might; military power; the sword; force
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying