opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave
to approach; to draw near
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
to encourage (someone); to cheer (someone) up; to give (someone) a charge; to empower
course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
management; administration; operation
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
aspect; phase; condition; modality
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
the instability of a political situation; political instability
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
diplomatic; diplomatically
interruption; interference; butting in
to prevent (something) from occurring; to forestall; to avert; to nip in the bud
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
material; materials; data; information; documents
measurement error; calculation error; discrepancy; deviation; difference
pointing down; pointing downward; (market) decline; downturn; downward trend
equilibrium; good balance; poise
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other