to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
(sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story)
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
polite; courteous; hospitable
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
ingratitude; thanklessness
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
police officer; policeman; constable
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
to do everything in one's power; to do all one can; to leave nothing undone; to exhaust one's resources
watchful waiting; careful supervision
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
crucial; key; most important; main (point)