royal capital; imperial capital
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
to examine; to check; to inspect
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
correction; revision; redressing; rectifying
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
warrant; summons; written order
account book; register; ledger
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
definite; final; decisive; conclusive