beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
plan; protocol; manifest; program
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
secret communication (with the enemy); collusion; betrayal; adultery; (extramarital) affair
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
administrative official; secretary; commissioner
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
skillful words; deceitful words; glibness
attendee; persons present
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
artifice; wiles; trickery; art of a courtesan (esp. for seducing or deceiving customers); coquetry
to kick down; to oust (a rival) to advance oneself; to push (someone) aside to get ahead
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
to be eloquent; to have a way with words
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
whatever happens; no matter what; under any circumstances; in any case; at all costs; at any price
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
being absorbed (in); immersion; sinking (into)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); (electric) fan
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
threatening letter; intimidating letter