pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
characteristic; feature; special quality
infancy; childhood; tender age
hard struggle; strenuous effort
fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
Asian countries; Asian nations
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
king; monarch; ruler; champion
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
leadership skill; leadership ability
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
being apt to; being liable to; being inclined to
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
international; diplomatic intercourse
to affect; to impact; to influence
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
urgent; requiring quick (response)
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people