determination; resolution
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
to stop talking; to be silent
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
overall; general; as a whole
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
invited witness; unsworn witness; person of interest; voluntary interviewee; expert advisor; consultative expert
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
scale; scope; plan; structure
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
competent; suitable; qualified
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
with a click; with a snap
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely