losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
about; on; regarding; per; for every
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
study group; study meeting
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
payment (to the government, authorities, etc.); land tax (often paid in rice); tribute
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
soon; shortly; before long
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand