capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
to pick up; to find; to gather
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
form; shape; figure; visage
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
about; concerning; related to; -ish
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
political and business circles; political and business establishment; politics and industry
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
foreign; abroad; overseas
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
the facts; the truth; the true state of affairs; in truth; in fact; in reality
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble