this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
about; concerning; related to; -ish
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
final; eventual; ultimate
in form; ceremonial; for form's sake; pro forma
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
bargaining chip; bargaining tool
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
that is to say; so that means
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
concession; conciliation; compromise
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
individual; private person; personal; private
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
secret information; intelligence
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
counterintelligence; counterespionage
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs