to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
loader (machine); loader (program)
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
opening; start; opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.)
Khomeini; Khomeini, Ruhollah Musavi (1900-1989; supreme leader of Iran)
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
Islamic republic (Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Mauritania)
supreme leader; ultimate leader
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
public execution; public embarrassment
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
dissidents; people who are against the Establishment; anti-Establishment groups
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988)
to take root (of a plant); to strike root; to root; to become established (e.g. of an idea, a movement); to take hold; to take root
Khamenei; Khamenei, Ali Hosseini (1939-2026; supreme leader of Iran)