one's duty; responsibilities pertaining to one's work
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
financial power; financial means; wealth
upper house; upper legislative chamber; senate
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
hereditary system; hereditary succession
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
advisory body; think tank
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to crumble away; to collapse
had better ...; had better not ...
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
so; like this; in this way
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
even though; despite; when
pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous
expression; look; countenance; face
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
gentle; mild; meek; tender
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to