it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
direct appeal; direct petition
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
called; known as; that; to say
chaps (in the skin); cracks
fleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
to laugh off (a rumor, worries, etc.); to laugh away
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
not limited to; not just ...
(Chinese) merchant caravan
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
schedule; program; programme; agenda
business trip; official trip
taking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family; living apart from one's family for the sake of one's job; unaccompanied posting
comma; decimal point; radix point
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
putting into operation; invocation
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
nonsense; (having) terrible taste; unstylish
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
(special) correspondent (e.g. for a newspaper); representative; delegate
handyman; utility man; odd-job man
demotion; relegation; downgrading
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
livelihood support; maintenance
(in the same way) as before; as always