change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
disinheritance; disowning
(state of) house arrest; (state of) confinement
after a long time; for the first time in a while
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
concealment; suppression; hiding
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
originally; by nature; from the start
close; intimate; on good terms
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
and; thereupon; because of that
honor; honour; credit; prestige
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
having a poor endgame; missing at the last turn
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
besides; moreover; in addition
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on