enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
exactly as stated; verbatim
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
just one person; only one
life or death; existence; destiny
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
public and private; official and personal; government and people
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
perfect; complete; flawless
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
rule; reign; government; governing
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
lubricating oil; lubricant; lube; person or thing that makes things run smoothly; facilitator
hazardous materials; dangerous goods; explosives; combustibles
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite