(social) position; status
originally; by nature; from the start
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
scoundrel; rascal; villain
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
hostility; antagonism; opposition
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
way (of doing); manner; method; means
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
back street; back alley; off-street
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to dye; to colour; to color
to stop walking; to pause
to squash; to crush; to flatten
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully