unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
chief executive officer; CEO
name; given name; first name
to talk; to chat; to chatter
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
to have a chill run down one's spine
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
financier; business leader
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
already; now; no longer; not any more
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
consumption; expenditure; spending
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
much more; not to mention; not to speak of; to say nothing of; let alone
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while