consultation; question; enquiry; inquiry
election campaign; political campaign; campaigning; electioneering; canvassing
former years; formerly; a few years ago
to be betrayed; to be brought to grief (by an enemy); to be given a hard time
prospects of victory; chances of success
prosecutor general; attorney general
probability; likelihood; chances
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
police substation; residential police box
(social) class; rank; grade
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
to get on well (with a person); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider)
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
mountain villa; mountain retreat; mountain cottage
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective
good material; valuable data; positive factor (for the stock market); good news
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
current administration; present government
son-in-law taken (adopted) into family
to disperse; to take a castle
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
returning tit for tat; retaliating
(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
to become inverted; to become reversed