autonomy; right of self-government
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
characteristic; feature; special quality
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
retention; maintenance; preservation
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
main force; chief object; mainline
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
difference; variation; difference
the same; the said; likewise
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
the government; Administration
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
notice; notification; report; posting