meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
both (people); the two of them
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
to keep watch (e.g. on a suspect); to be on the lookout (for); to spend a lot of money (on); to treat oneself (to); to paste; to stick
a few years ago; some years back
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation
security firm; security company
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
private military company; mercenary group
student (esp. a university student)
how; in what way; by what means
outside the country; abroad
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
single-mother household; fatherless family
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money); working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)