meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to have one's name entered (in a list)
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
to acquire a position; to hold an appointment
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
successive generations; successive emperors
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation
how long; how much; to what extent
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
to be prolonged; to drag on
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis); jade (gem); beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
conference room; council room
corridor; hallway; passageway
decision; settlement; definition
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
one's physical safety; personal security