your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
mechanism; organization; organisation
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
agricultural land; farmland
reform; reformation; reorganization
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to lie deep in; to extend far back
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
different race; different ethnic group; different peoples
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame