pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
beach; water's edge; coastline; national border; before entering the country
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
use; utility; profit; gain
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater
entreaty; appeal; petition
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
I Doubt It (card game); Cheat; Bullshit; I doubt that; no way; you're fibbing
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to be lacking in options; to be too few
impossible; unlikely; improbable
how many people; a number of people
speaking fondly about one's sweetheart (spouse, girlfriend, etc.); going on about one's love affairs
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
at work; in the midst of work; working
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
lapse of memory; (something) slipping one's mind; forgetting for a moment something one knows well
in the background; not standing out
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to look around; to survey
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
those (near the second person)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view