demonstration; manifestation; protest
power; might; authority; influence
demonstration; show of force
absolute monarch; despot; autocrat; tyrant
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
increase in population; population growth
infrastructure improvement
employment (long term); hire
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
public works; public-works projects; public utilities
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
leadership; initiative; spearhead
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
pending question; unresolved problem
killing two birds with one stone
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
suggestion; hint; implication
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
quiet; dependable; uniform; (politically) moderate
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
in accordance with plans; just as planned
to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
to be relieved; to feel relieved
maintaining the status quo