calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
long time; long interval; for quite some time
depending on; dependent on
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
(social) class; rank; grade
underground train; subway
to play a leading role; to play a central part
(political) power; authority; influence
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
government office; public office
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
decoration; ornament; trimmings
powerful person; influential person
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
conviction; belief; confidence
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
reigning; controlling; dictating
one's own property; possessions