principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
honours; honors; ceremony; exercises
awarding; conferment; granting; presentation
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
notice; attention; observation
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
possible; likely; probable
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
sick person; patient; invalid
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
just one person; only one
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
possession; retention; maintenance
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
and then; and so; and; so then
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to