a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
combination; union; binding; bond
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
to increase; to add to; to augment
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
nothing but; none other than
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
wealth; riches; affluence; opulence
establishment; settlement
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
different opinion; objection
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
complicated and mysterious
accumulation; accumulate; store
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
exclusive right; sole right
self-government; autonomous government; devolved government (e.g. in the UK)
presence (impressive quality)
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)
noninvolvement; nonintervention; neutrality
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
friction; discord; strife
general classification; broad categorization
various kings; unproclaimed son of the imperial family
simply; merely; only; solely
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)