effect; efficacy; validity; potency
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
administrative ability; managerial ability; ability to manage; administrative capacity
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
number of persons; personnel
to increase; to add to; to augment
to sell off; to sell completely
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
secret; private; surreptitious
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
character of a place; situation; location; occasion
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
use; utilization; utilisation; application
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
sobriety; soberness; sober face
tottering steps; drunken staggering
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission
to be relieved of one's post