hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
base; basis; bedrock; platform
one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group
transactions; dealings; business
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
drug deal; drug dealing; drug trafficking; drug trade
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
influential person; man of importance
relation; connection; affinity
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
drama; play; powerful drug
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
private enterprise; private business; private company; private firm; private-sector business; private-sector corporation
side effect; adverse reaction
immediate effect; instant effect
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
why; how; for what reason
official announcement; proclamation
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
in the end; on top of that
(school) grade; year; class; grade; kyu (junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
major incident; major happening; big scandal
composition; constitution; composition (of a molecule, compound, etc.); constituent ratio; relative proportion of elements
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
trader; smuggler; pusher; drug dealer; drug runner
recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means