(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
true state; actual condition; reality
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
money-making; commercialized; commercialised
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
mechanism; organization; organisation
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to add (to); to add on; to append
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
declaration; statement; proclamation
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
Pearce; Peirce; Peerce; Pierce
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
genuine article; real thing; real deal
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
dealing with; coping with
to be worried; to be troubled
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
astounding; startling; world-shaking; amazing; earth-shattering