protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to need; to call for; to require
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
though; notwithstanding; although
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
cut; reduction; curtailment
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
different opinion; objection
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to gain the understanding (of); to obtain consent (from)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
to refuse; to decline; to deny
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
enterprise; business; company; corporation
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
chief; main; principal; important
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something