to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to lend an ear to; to listen to
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
authority; power; influence
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
few decades; many decades; several decades
smoky; awkward; ill at ease
at that time; in those days
ruffian; scamp; hooligan; out-of-work person; day laborer without a job
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
every place; various places
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
proposal; proposition; suggestion
circular; circulating letter
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
large enterprise; big business; large undertaking
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset