to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
genius; prodigy; natural gift
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
as always; as ever; though it's always the case
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
tedious talk; repetition; complaint; tongue-twister
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
document; official papers
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
promotion (e.g. sales, etc.); marketing campaign; campaign (election, membership, enrolment, fund-raising, etc.); drive; military campaign; military action
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
abandoned people (people left to fend for themselves after a war or natural disaster)
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
calming down; quieting down
killing two birds with one stone
terrorist organization; terrorist organisation
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; sympathizer; sympathiser
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
future (usually near); prospects
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter