mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
direct control; direct supervision
maintenance; preservation; improvement
levying; requisitioning; compulsory enlistment; recruitment; conscription
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
immorality; injustice; adultery; infidelity; (arch.) murdering one's teacher or a government official
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
original plan; original bill; original motion; draft
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
is something that; is that which
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
economical; efficient; lean; compact
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
outside (an organization, department, etc.)
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868)