application; request; petition
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
major; lieutenant commander; wing commander
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
base (military, expedition, etc.)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
greed; cruelty; callous; (arch.) insistent; (arch.) insistence
black-market dealings; underhand transactions; shady trading; secret dealings; secret arrangement
money-making; earning money
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
military physician or surgeon
document; official papers
every month; each month; monthly
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
insurance payout; insurance money
time axis; time basis; timeline
along; parallel to; in accordance with
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
drama; play; powerful drug
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
(apportioning) in small amounts
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
(political) power; authority; influence