receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
mid-range; mid-scale; mid-size
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
to rank next to; to come after
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
edict; public announcement
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
excursion; field trip; school trip
mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend); position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred; women's college
official regulations; inner rules
career enhancement; improving one's career prospects
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
demerit system; points-off system
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
pretending to obey but secretly betraying (someone)
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
to follow; to conform; to apply to
(criminal) investigation headquarters
compelling force; legal force
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
(courteous) invitation; call
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
objection; dissent; protest
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me