leading; guiding; commanding
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
noisy; confused; uproarious
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
successive generations; successive emperors
highest score; highest number of points; top grade; peak altitude; highest point
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
at once; immediately; right now
to prostrate oneself (before)
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
to be softened; to calm down
to cool; to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
while fumbling one's words; with a stutter
cake served with tea; teacake
cookie; biscuit; cookie; browser cookie
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
calm; composed; cool; quiet
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble
human relations; personal relationships
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
small number; few; minority
assessment (of value, damages, etc.); scrutiny (of budget requests, etc.); revision (of a budget)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
consequence; result; conclusion; apodosis
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer