advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
in comparison to; rather than
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
distrust of politics; political uncertainty
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
succession; continuation; series; sequence
ruling party; government party; party in power; government
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
to put the scalpel to; to perform an operation on; to take drastic measures to get to the bottom of something; to make a searching inquiry; to put something under the microscope
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
meaning; significance; sense
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up