madrasa; madrasah; medrese
theological school; seminary
student (esp. a university student)
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
being a victim of (some disaster); suffering from
faction; branch; sect; denomination; branching off
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
different opinion; objection
on one hand; on the other hand
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
communism; Communist Party
(political) administration; political power
information infrastructure
heavy-handed; iron-fisted; authoritarian
organization; organisation; systematization; systematisation
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
in the end; on top of that
Jasmine Revolution (2010-2011)
novel idea; strange theory
true state; actual condition; reality
outspoken; arguing (heatedly) what one believes in; insisting on something without restraint
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people