stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to boost; to force up; to push up
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
reason; cause; circumstances
kindness; favour; favor; hospitality
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
beforehand; in advance; previously
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
mechanic; mechanical; mechanism; technique (e.g. in piano-playing)
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
proposal; offer; request; application
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
determination; resolution
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
number of persons; personnel
preference; priority; precedence