congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
legislative bill; measure; agenda item
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
clergyman; churchman; clergy
three parts; three copies
rejection; negation; voting down
assize; court; legislature
meeting place; assembly hall
virile; tough; masculine; sharp (features, look, etc.); fierce; dauntless
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
pride; dignity; self-worth
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
slightest notice; slightest consideration; slightest attention; a little thought; glance
(speaking) bluntly; frankly; straightforwardly; openly; directly; unhesitantingly
selling oneself (into bondage; esp. of a prostitute); selling out (to a competitor); selling off
to resort to violence; to perform a drastic act
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
controversialist; polemic; disputant
smoky; awkward; uncomfortable; ill at ease
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
wild; unruly; arrogant; endless (e.g. spending); uncontrolled; rampant (e.g. weeds)
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
12th day of the month; 12 days
sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser
to employ; to hire; to engage
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
one's daily life; condition; well-being; standing and sitting; movements
discontented element; discontented (grumbling) member
patent; special permission; license; licence
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
absolutely; positively; decidedly
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
changing the world; turning the tide; Kaiten; manned suicide torpedo used by the Japanese navy in WWII
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)