related to; in relation to
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
(one's) speech; expression of views; discussion
free speech; freedom of speech
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard
social unrest; public anxiety
groundless rumor; groundless rumour
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
reaching; attaining; arrival
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
the benevolent Imperial rule; the Imperial Way
world peace; peace of the world
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
well-informed person; insider
Monroe Doctrine; Monroeism
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
production; output; turning out
sales; selling; marketing