beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
individual; private person; personal; private
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
supreme command; direction over all
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
true character; true heart; true spirit
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
feelings; thoughts; meaning
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
very; greatly; exceedingly
to take command; to give direction
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else