patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
faint breath; dying whisper; at death's door
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to bite each other; to fit together; to mutually encroach; to eat together
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
postwar period; period after Second World War
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
same; similar; (just) like; equal
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant
to fight against; to oppose; to face
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning