cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
newly appointed; inaugural
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
adherence (to one's beliefs) (positive nuance); persistence; sticking to one's guns; standing one's ground
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
matter of time; question of time
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
under control (e.g. of territory)
you could say; you might say; verging on the
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
future prospects; promise
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
trend of the times; way things are going
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook