trend; tendency; orientation

to listen attentively

to say everything (that is on one's mind)

to incline; to lean; to slant; to slope; to tilt

to topple over; to fall over; to greatly admire; to prostrate oneself before

to lean forward

right-wing; reactionary; conservative; (PRC) rightist deviation

left-leaning; progressive

great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation