supreme; greatest; highest; best
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
arbitration; conciliation; mediation
government service; the bureaucracy
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
difficult to ...; hard to ...
neglect (dereliction) of duty; negligence
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
to exile; to banish; to revise the wording of a phrase
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
based on; on the basis of
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
great tumult; great strife; big loud bang; bustle; dirdum; hell broken loose
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
there's nothing that doesn't exist; there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have; nonexistent; not in one's possession
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
(very) patient; persevering