house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
acknowledged; accepted; agreed
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
programme; program; plans; arrangements
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
monitor (device, software or person); monitoring; person who gives feedback on products, television programs, etc.; customer panel participant; (computer) monitor; display
one-by-one; separately; in detail
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
public announcement; official statement; nominal; official; official name
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
foreign element; impurity; admixture
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
words of thanks; words of gratitude; acknowledgements; apology
chat over tea; gossip; small talk
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
the usual; as it always is; said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); (arch.) in the usual way
plan; measure; means; scheme; policy
to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
to watch intently; to stare
to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked
mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
don't worry about it; forget about it
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
accomplishment; execution
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
to add (to); to add on; to append
letter; note; epistle; correspondence