imprisonment; incarceration
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to face on; to look out on to
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
topic of discussion; agenda
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
job; work; duties; trade; skill
the big two...; two major...; two main...
dominion; territory; possession
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
very busy (person or thing)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
jewel; precious stone; gem
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
every place; various places
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
to take away; to carry away
being up to the person himself
the wrong hands; hands of evil
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following