district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
influence; clout; leverage
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
the whole area; all areas
supporter (e.g. of the arts); adherent; proponent
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
preservation; retainment; keeping
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
silver; senior citizen; pensioner
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
at least; at most; (even) just
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
suppression (e.g. of free speech); force-out
an extra effort; going the extra mile; one final push
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
document; official papers
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary