appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
in person; personally; directly
blood relationship; blood relative
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
of tender years; very young
had better ...; had better not ...
personal history; background; career
bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
next term; next period; next version; next release
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
company president; manager; director
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
horseplay; fooling around
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
temporary employee placement
service industry; service sector
(legally) incorporated educational institution
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
to play a leading role; to play a central part
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
commencing with; including
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
family; relatives; dependents; household
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
direct descent; direct line