independence; self-reliance
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
button (clothing); push-button
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
random; unintentional; unintended
unsuitable; inappropriate; improper
people of color (colour); non-white races
colored (person); coloured; Coloureds (South African ethnic group)
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
outspoken; forthright; frank; direct
maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation
moderate faction; moderates
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to incorporate; to work into; to insert
cheap edition; low-priced edition; popular edition
upper house; upper legislative chamber; senate
welfare policy; social welfare measures
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
foreign aid; international aid
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
outside one's jurisdiction
vote against; no vote; nay
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
armaments; military preparations
diplomatic recognition (of a country)
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke