to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
being too late; losing one's final chance
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
thought; consideration; thinking
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
event; phenomenon; matter
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
symbolization; coding; encoding
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
distant; remote; isolated
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
preface; introduction; preamble
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
to be flexible; to be accommodating
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view