fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
to need; to demand; to take; to require
leadership; initiative; spearhead
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
formal; courteous; ritual; ritualistic
seal; stamp; judgment; judgement; size (of paper or books)
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
brains (of an operation); advisor; brain trust; brain (organ)
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
cooperation; collaboration
power of the state; government authority
result (of an election); success or defeat (in an election); winning or losing (a lottery, raffle, etc.)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)