stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
bravery; military prowess; valour; valor
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
future years; in (one's) later years
successive jobs; consecutive jobs
able official; capable official
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
to shake; to sway; to waver
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
the whole area; all areas
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
settlement; solution; resolution
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
now that; since; so long as; because
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
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)
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
to keep an eye on; to take care of
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
several weeks; a few weeks