dignified; majestic; stately; lordly; commanding
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
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
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)
to spread; to be propagated
supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
senior; elder; person older than oneself
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to be entwined; to be involved
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
hot topic; talk of the town
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
busy; having no (free) time
final; eventual; ultimate
year in, year out; always; 24-7
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)