seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
back off!; leave me alone!
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
abuse; invective; denunciation; sharp criticism
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
individual; one by one; separate; each
one end; an end; part; fragment
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
art of self-defense (defence)
prime minister; premier; chancellor
departure; leaving; setting off
to succeed to someone's post; to take someone's place; to take over someone's position; to step into someone's shoes
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
to be found; to be discovered
scale; scope; plan; structure
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (forever); to continue to conceal
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
same; similar; (just) like; equal
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
proposal; proposition; suggestion
persistence; single-mindedness; sticking to one point; always making the same bet
(philosophy of) not rocking the boat; (principle of) letting sleeping dogs lie
allied nation; ally; Central Powers (in WWI)
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
national crisis; national disaster
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show