it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
name; given name; first name
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
memory; sense; experience
death penalty; capital punishment
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
selling out one's country; betraying one's country; treason
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
justice; fairness; impartiality
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
family; members of a family
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
witnessing; observing; sighting
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
worst of the worst; despicable; extremely bad