meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
international; diplomatic intercourse
assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
as (for); for; in the capacity of
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
otherwise; or else; if not
one's post; place of work; workplace
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
older brother; elder brother
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
bad influence; negative influence
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
briskly; quickly; promptly
standard; set; routine; decided
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
power; authority; jurisdiction
armed intervention; military intervention
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
governments of various nations of the world
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
way; method; means; resource; course
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
influence; clout; leverage
to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to