mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
rampancy; prevalence; domination
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
region; limits; stage; level
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself
to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
fee; charge; rate; material
newcomer; initiate; rookie
little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to miss (one's chance to ...)
to demand money; to pester; to extort
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
unfair; unjust; wrongful; improper; unreasonable; unwarranted
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
losing weight; slimming; lean person
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job