forcefulness of speech; influential voice
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
United Nations (UN) Headquarters
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
simultaneous; all at once
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
hegemony; leadership; initiative
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
world situation; world affairs
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
fast asleep; dead to the world
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
fifth day of the month; five days
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
without eating or drinking
sweating; perspiration; sudation; hidrosis; diaphoresis
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
cleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.); dirty work; low-level work; apprentice work
to complain; to make a complaint
to fly around; to scatter