to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
ability; performance; efficiency
to acquire a position; to hold an appointment
development; exploitation
tool; implement; means; furniture
(social) position; status
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
duty; function; office; mission; task
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
subordination; dependency
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
dressing oneself; putting on clothes; embezzlement
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
setting a bad example to others
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
if you think about it; come to think of it
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience