accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
establishment; settlement
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
final; eventual; ultimate
in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
favorite child; favourite child; darling; favorite; star
180 degrees; complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
killing and wounding; bloodshed
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
postwar period; period after Second World War
staying behind; remaining; residual
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
China and Russia; Sino-Russian
possession; retention; maintenance; holding; keeping
nonparticipation; nonattendance
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
seat belt; seatbelt; safety belt
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
somersault; looping-the-loop
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability