wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
path of righteousness; path of duty; right track; correct path
at some point in the past; at some stage
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
foreign enemy; outside invader
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
countermeasure; counter-measure
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
destiny; will of Heaven; luck
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
to press a question; to cross-examine
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
source of information; intelligence source; message source
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
(former) Eastern Bloc countries
if possible; if it is in my power; if it was realistic
odds and ends; all; every
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
solution; solution strategy
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
mobocracy; mob rule; ochlocracy
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
one's descendants; one's offspring; posterity
identically; in the (exact) same way; similarly
reform; reformation; reorganization
to backfire; to have a harmful result
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean