public opinion poll; straw poll
major contender; strong (leading) candidate; front runner
base support (e.g. for a party in an election); substrate; load bearing layer; supporting layer
WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant); Wasp
white; correction fluid; white-out
main cause; primary factor
the big two ...; two major ...; two main ...
enclosure; coralling; penning; enclosure (fencing off common land for individual ownership)
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
(sales) promotion; (sales, advertising) campaign; campaign (for an election, social change, etc.); movement; (military) campaign
attitude survey; opinion poll
leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
allegiance; obedience; submission
military force; military strength
plan; measure; means; scheme; policy
current administration; present government
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
great wealth; enormous fortune
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
so what!; who gives a damn?
another; different; separate; discrete
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; being in close proximity; being adjacent
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
unforgettable; impossible to forget; lucidly remember
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
to anticipate; to foresee