hey there; I say; see here
official announcement; proclamation
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
can be; can exist; can stay; cannot help but ...
that's the way it is; such is life
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
people; citizens; subjects; folk
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
brains (of an operation); advisor; brain trust; brain (organ)
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
as you can imagine; as you might guess
draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
loveable; very likeable; like very much
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
all you want; as much as one wants
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
100,000; hundred thousand
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
individual; private person; personal; private
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded