failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
soon; before long; shortly thereafter
great war; great battle; world war
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
(courteous) invitation; call
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
selection; choice; option
complication; confusion; disorder
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
proper; right; reasonable
one day; (on) a certain day
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
chief; main; principal; major
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
proper; respectable; decent; honest
leadership skill; leadership ability
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
influence; clout; leverage
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
time of emergency; (in an) emergency
reason; cause; circumstances
cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination