investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
stillness; tranquility; tranquillity; dullness
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
partition between two rooms; room divider; partition wall
king; monarch; ruler; champion
at your own discretion; as you see fit
competent; suitable; qualified
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
whatever the case; under any circumstances
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
Chamberlain; Chamberlayne
special directive; special order; special mission; special appointment
historic; historical; traditional
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
lower house; lower legislative chamber
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
upper house; upper legislative chamber; senate
propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes
authority; power; influence
relative by marriage; affinity
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
the same; the said; likewise
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
to suit the convenience of; to accommodate
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
security firm; security company
finance; financing; credit transacting; monetary; financial; credit