direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
cushion to soften the blow; something that cushions the blow
successor; replacement; second wife
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
family tradition; (arch.) wind blowing from the direction of one's home
granted that; even if; even though
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
in person; personally; (do) oneself
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
one's first campaign; one's first battle
in terms of; from the point of view of
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
stance with legs in an L-shape, with one leg bent in front and other extended behind (martial arts, traditional theater)
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
society; public; community; social studies
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora; abundance (esp. of something undesirable)
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
grand-scale or long-range plan; farsighted policy
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
distant look; faraway look
loosely dangling; lightly swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
the other day; a few days ago
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case