emerging market; emerging nation; emergent nation; developing country; developing nation
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to govern; to manage; to subdue
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
enactment; establishment; creation
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
ruler; monarch; sovereign
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
family; relatives; dependents; household
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
to enter into diplomatic relations
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)