periphery; margin; rim; penumbra
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
high street; town centre (center)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
most part; greater part; majority
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one
illegal immigration; illegal immigrant
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
Japanese citizen; Japanese citizens
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
snake; serpent; large snake
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
police; police officer; police station
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
all companies; each company
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
platform; home; home base; home plate
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
class; heading; group; category
to be expensive; to be costly
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state