regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
aggression; invasion; raid
(religious) faith; belief; creed
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
mediator; go-between; middleman
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
calm; composed; cool; quiet
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
sympathy; compassion; pity
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to thrust before; to thrust at
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
recommendation; putting in a good word for someone
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
these guys; these fellows
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative