top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
sweetish; somewhat sweet; somewhat lenient; kind of optimistic
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
power; authority; jurisdiction
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
personal; individual; private
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to rock; to shake; to swing
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
discovery; detection; finding
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
a little bit; a little while
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
insertion; letter drop; sending to a prisoner; thing sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
matter in question; that matter; the matter; the issue
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
shabby; unsightly; unkempt
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)