power; authority; jurisdiction
transfer; assignment; conveyance
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
function; facility; faculty; feature
regret; repentance; remorse
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
authority; power; influence
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to toady; to be obsequious
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
don't you think?; indicates question
after a long time; for the first time in a while
as a child; when one was a child
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)