first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
inspector general; commissioner
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
even though; despite; when
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
viewing as a problem; problematizing
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
use; utilization; utilisation; application
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to be found; to be discovered
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to explain; to dispel doubts
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
white; correction fluid; white-out
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial