arm; skill; efforts; ability
edict; ordinance; proclamation
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
although I say; although one might say; although called
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
wriggling; squirming; maneuvering; mischief; despicable acts
that's the way it is; such is life
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
considerably; fairly; quite
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try