coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
if it is the case that ...
(social) position; status
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
depending on; dependent on
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to return evil for good; to return a favour with spite (favor)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
declaration; proclamation; announcement
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
interception (email); wiretap; bug
several years; a few years
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with