to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
that is to say; so that means
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
beginning; outset; first; onset
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
declaration; statement; proclamation
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
dubious document; anonymous document containing defamatory statements
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
control (by the state); controlling; coordination; air traffic control
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
order; directive; instructions; command
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
in the end; at the end of the day
moneymaking; earning money
means; way; method; measure
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
there is nothing; having nothing
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down