because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
system; organization; organisation; architecture
federation; federal state; United States of America
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
powerful person; influential person
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
traditional; from ancient times; formerly
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)