closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
various countries; various regions; various provinces
one by one; one after another; successively
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
acceleration; speeding up
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
down to earth; reasonable
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
association; union; guild
sardonic laugh; scornful smile
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
thorough; exhaustive; complete
wild ginger trefoil coat of arms of the Tokugawa clan
historical play; period drama
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
absolute obedience; complete submission
rational; reasonable; logical
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard