drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
application; request; petition
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
(social) position; status
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
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 get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
pistol; handgun; revolver
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
each field; various circles
connection; link; relationship
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
meaning; significance; sense
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
danger; peril; hazard; risk
many; much; plenty; hardly
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
systematic; organized; organizational
surroundings; environs; circumference
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact