program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
considering something taboo; treating something as taboo
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
glasnost (Soviet policy of openness in the 1980s)
freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government); releasing information (of an organization or an individual); making public
perestroika (USSR reform movement)
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
many problems; various problems
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
hard-liners; diehards; hawks
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
reinstatement; reappointment
losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; lame duck; hopeless situation
light and darkness; light and shade
daily (living) necessities; necessities; essentials for life
corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967 novel by Gabriel García Márquez)