discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement; friction; conflict
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
information leak; data breach
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
alert status; emergency alert
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
assertion; declaration; affirmation
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
mode (e.g. of a machine); setting; state (of mind); mode (e.g. work mode, study mode); mode; mode
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
common knowledge; well-known fact
upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class
to resound; to reverberate; to make a stir
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
(written) appeal; circular; manifesto; encouragement; encouraging words; letter of encouragement
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
eastern part; the east (of a region)
southern part; the south (of a region)
preservation; retainment; keeping
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
territory; domain; dominion; possession
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
blow; shock; strike; batting
reason for being; raison d'être
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method