good person; virtuous person
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
authority; power; influence
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to get angry; to become perverse
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
gossip; corner of the mouth
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
conveying the will of the governing to the governed; top-down (system)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
freedom; free; open; unrestricted
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
being very popular; being in great demand
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
viewing as a problem; problematizing
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
cabinet (of a government); ministry
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to enter into diplomatic relations
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
whole story; full picture; full particulars
to head home; to leave for home
government service; the bureaucracy
National Security Agency (of the United States); NSA