(legacy of an) administration
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
witnessing; observing; sighting
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
new land; new world; new sphere of activity
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
monopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
unprecedented; record-breaking
few decades; many decades; several decades
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
disorder; disturbance; unrest
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
to continue (going along some trend)
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
indirection; indirectness
millions; several million; a few million
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to