inauguration; installation ceremony
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
very much; very many; more and more
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
than; other than; except; but
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
to show up; to appear; to turn up
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
the way back; the way home; return trip
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to name; to call; to christen; to term
large-scale operation; large-scale campaign; major mission
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
I think (something) won't (something); probably (something) isn't (something)
decision; settlement; definition
yearned for; longed for; missed
to be dispersed; to get separated
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to find out; to discover; to locate
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
totally willing; fully motivated
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning