recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
lowdown; inside information; hidden circumstances; inner curtain (in a military encampment)
disclosure; exposure; revelation
people (of a country); nation; citizen; Democratic Party for the People
independence; self-reliance
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
possible; conceivable; likely; probable
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
to catch the eye; to attract attention
communality; community; having something in common
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout; exit (from the stage); leaving the stage
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
most part; greater part; majority
diversion (e.g. of funds); appropriation; misappropriation; making use of (for another purpose); reuse; repurpose
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
literally; to the letter; literal
parallel universe; alternative reality; parallel world
a short while ago; just now; already; for a long time
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
groan; moan; growl; roar; hum (of a machine, power lines, etc.); drone (e.g. of an engine)