moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
seventh day of the month; seven days
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
mobilization; mobilisation
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
official announcement; proclamation
to become desperate; to give in to despair
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
downward spiral; negative spiral; vicious circle
to make a list; to enumerate
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
showing one's face in public; facing another person
to die; (lit.) to become a star
to take over; to hand over
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
outer space; void of space
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low