foreign; abroad; overseas
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
key person; important person
thorough; exhaustive; complete
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
portrait; likeness; picture
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
reduction (in size); shrinking; minimization; trivializing (an issue); making light of; playing down
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
stimulating; exciting; provocative
to sound together; to vibrate mutually; to reverberate
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out