vice-minister; undersecretary
assistant ...; probationary ...
successive jobs; consecutive jobs
(Associate) Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
casting vote; balance of power (held by a minority party)
judicial precedent; leading case; prior case
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
one's school; school one attends or works at; driving school
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
to acquire a position; to hold an appointment
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
major subject; special study
contributor (of articles)
memories; recollections; reminiscence
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
Gertrude and Claudius (book)
sex life; sexual activities
annals; chronicle; chronology
thesaurus; dictionary of synonyms
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once