awarding; conferment; granting; presentation
honor; honour; credit; prestige
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to stand on end (hair, fur); to bristle; to ruffle (up)
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
innocence; being not guilty
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
fifth day of the month; five days
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
and; thereupon; because of that
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
smuggling oneself out of a country
transactions; dealings; business
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
sooner or later; in time; eventually
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron