continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
eastern part; the east (of a region)
becoming firmly established; putting down strong roots; exercising authority; being dominant; settling in a coiled shape
once-powerful nation now in decline; great nation grown old
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
but; however; provided that
personal (employee); employed; retained
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of charge); freelance; independent; freelancer; one-size-fits-all; free skating
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
each (every) time; whenever
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
out of office; out of power; in opposition; unaffiliated (e.g. researcher, scientist); in private practice
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
society; public; community; social studies
order of chivalry; chivalric order
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
different kind; another sort; separate item; separate account (e.g. bank account)
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
individual; private person; personal; natural person
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
thorough; exhaustive; complete
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension
to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till