goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
being (somewhere); sitting
dreamland; land of Nod; realm of dreams
clear; precise; definite; distinct
initiator; instigator; flagman; leader
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
at that time; in those days
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
to embrace; to hug; to have; to possess; to command; to lead
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
such ... as; or some such
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
in one's own way or style
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
(political) power; authority; influence
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
several people; a few people
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)