choices; alternatives; options
snake; serpent; large snake
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
redundancy; superfluity; useless addition
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
location (of); position; whereabouts; place where one is
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
settlement; solution; resolution
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
outsider; someone outside of a group
outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider
something like ...; something called ...
at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection