to increase; to add to; to augment
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
(within a) territory; domains
preparation; provision; guarding
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
huge rock; firmness; solidity
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
being a match for a thousand; being a mighty warrior (combatant, player)
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
certainly; surely; definitely
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
custom; practice; convention; precedent
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to be reminded of; to call to mind
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
whole nation; whole land; whole country
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
to turn against; to become an enemy
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to do one's best; to put forth every effort