power; authority; jurisdiction
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
self-defense; self-defence
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
clearing one's throat; cough
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
true state; actual condition; reality
neighbourhood; neighborhood
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
bodily sensation; sense; experience
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
skeletal remains; dry bones of a corpse; human skeleton
model; dummy; model (profession); fashion model; model (of a vehicle, machine, etc.); version; model (e.g. mathematical)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
dressing up in fine clothes; splendid clothes; one's best clothes
burial clothes; clothes worn to commit suicide
interaction with one's neighbors; relationship with one's neighbors (neighbours)
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
opinion; point of view; visual point
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
intravaginal (anal, etc.) ejaculation; creampie
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
nothing but; none other than