people; men and women; each person; everybody
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
long; drawn-out; very long
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; completion
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
near; close; beside; third person
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
in comparison to; rather than
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
mess; jumble; muddle; chaos
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
to collect; to assemble; to gather
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
much less; to say nothing of