maintenance of public order; maintaining security
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
public and private; official and personal; government and people
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
benjamin fig (Ficus benjamina); weeping fig; ficus
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
speech; expression; wording; language
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out; throwing a ball as hard as one can
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
to detain; to take into custody
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
association; society; organization; organisation
president (of a society); chairman
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
miscreant; scoundrel; villain
conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition