advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
power; authority; jurisdiction
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
invisibly; secretly; privately
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
performance of one's official duties
to make an appearance; to show up
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
family; relatives; dependents; household
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
Chinese Communist Party; Chinese Communists; Communist China
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
security treaty; security pact; US-Japan Security Treaty
allied nation; ally; Central Powers (in WWI)
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
pretending not to see (something); turning a blind eye (to); closing one's eyes (to); looking the other way
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages