duty; function; office; mission; task
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
and; thereupon; because of that
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
thought; consideration; thinking
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
at least; at most; (even) just
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
half and half; fifty-fifty
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
two classes; double; two sets
to intervene; to stop (something)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
difference; variation; difference
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound