leader; authority; mainstay
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
responsibility; duty; obligation
to steer a ship; to manage; to take command; to take the helm
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
to differ (in); to have different ...; to be different (in terms of ...)
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
short pause; short interval
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
to be too numerous; to be too much
(playing an) unpopular role; (taking on an) unpopular task
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
to come back; to bloom a second time
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive; (physically) demanding
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm
independence; self-reliance
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
debureaucratization; curtailing the power of the bureaucracy
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
impractical theory; academic discussion; doctrinairism