strength; power; proficiency; ability
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
in that manner; like that
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
ago; since; before; previous
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
in the morning; during the morning
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
tail (animal); tail end; tip
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to stand on end (hair, fur); to bristle; to ruffle (up)
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
on the occasion of; at the time of
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
half-burnt; half-done; half-baked; rare
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous