duty; function; office; mission; task; role
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
remnants of a defeated army
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
mistress; kept woman; concubine
succession to headship of a family
tentative decision; unofficial offer (esp. job offer); informal offer
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
billow; surge; large wave
regarding as a sure thing; seeing as a certainty
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
supporter; adherent; proponent; backer
judgement; judgment; carrying out a sentence (e.g. execution)
performance (e.g. music, dance, drama); something done (just) for show; theatre; performance (of a computer, car, investment, etc.)
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; appeal (of something); attractiveness; appeal (to the referee); emphasizing
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
(being) most satisfactory; (being) quite satisfied; (being) quite enough
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
personal (employee); employed; retained