commonwealth; federation of states; confederation; union
trustee; councillor (councilor)
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to originate with; to start with; to stem from
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
disturbance; agitation; commotion; upheaval; riot
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
council (consultatory, advisory); board of trustees
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
Denain (France); Donaint; Donnan
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
birth; creation; formation
autonomy; right of self-government
establishment; settlement
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
sixth day of the month; six days
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
flying column; detached force
together; mutually; fellow
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit