correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
as expected; as predicted
that day; the very same day
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
base; basis; bedrock; platform
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
entreaty; appeal; petition
consultation; question; enquiry; inquiry
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
article; thing; object; property; real estate
observer; spectator (e.g. in court); (member of the) public; visitor; audience; gallery
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
influence; effect; impact
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
reduction (in size); shrinking; minimization; trivializing (an issue); making light of; playing down
to repeat; to do over again
tedious; boring; being fed up with
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
deportation; expulsion from the country
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance
conference room; council room
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set