top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to lean against; to set against
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
individual; private person; personal; private
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to pick up; to find; to gather
job; work; duties; trade; skill
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
in accordance with; according to
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
even though; despite; when
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to shake one's head (in denial)
that's the way it is; such is life
for example; for instance; e.g.
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
repaying a kindness; gratitude
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
badger; raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
difficult to ...; hard to ...