arrangement; pact; agreement
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, to vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something
postponement; deferment; adjournment
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
declaration of war; proclamation of war
scrap; junk; waste material
at the last moment; this late in the game
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
disclosure; exposure; revelation
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
symptomatic therapy; makeshift solution
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
official announcement; proclamation
reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood
calming down; quieting down
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
a posteriori; posteriority
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
administration; government; administrator; governor
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
inspection; audit; judgement; judgment