to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
priority; order of precedence
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to care for someone; to look after someone
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
collecting; collection; collation; gathering; arrangement; coordination
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety
feeling of a full stomach after a meal; satisfaction of having a full stomach
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
rising; ascending; climbing
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
very hungry; starving; ravenous
starvation; famine; hunger
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
sharp increase; sudden rise
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
to press a question; to cross-examine
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
to send (something) unsolicited; to send without the receiver's request
whole nation; whole land; whole country
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
declaration of war; proclamation of war
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent