stirring; slight movement
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
town; city; municipal; urban
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to take over for (someone); to stand in for; to substitute for; to replace; to take the place of (something)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
capable person; talented person; person with supernatural powers (in fiction); competent person; person with legal capacity
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
oneself and others; subject and object; transitivity; transitive verbs and intransitive verbs; first person and third person; self-salvation and salvation by faith
hegemony; leadership; initiative
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
yoke; constraints; oppression
disadvantageous; long (odds)
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
calamity; misfortune; disaster
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to sacrifice oneself (for); to give one's life (for); to follow (someone) in taking the same action (out of respect or loyalty; e.g. resigning together with a superior); to follow suit (out of a sense of duty); to follow (one's master) into the grave; to commit suicide (after one's lord has died)
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
namely; that is (to say); in other words
to some extent; to a certain extent
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
urbanization; urbanisation
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh