leadership; initiative; spearhead
preference; priority; precedence
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
liberalization; liberalisation; freeing
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
reform; reformation; reorganization
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
custom; practice; convention; precedent
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
concession; conciliation; compromise
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
instead; but (on the other hand)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
when it becomes; when it comes to
distinction; differentiation; classification
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
established (existing) policy (procedure(s))
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)