investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
secret information; intelligence
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
to jar; to grate; to make others uncomfortable
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
labor; labour; manpower; working force
what do you want?; can I help you?
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
the opposite sex; isomerism
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
income; receipts; revenue
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
observation; survey; watching
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
newcomer; initiate; rookie
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold