chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
possession; dependency; territory; dominion
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
motherland; fatherland; native country
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
ability; capability; skill
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
self-consciousness; self-awareness
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that