to be at a loss for words
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
to highlight something; to bring something to the forefront
(addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
unrestrained; unreserved; candid; frank
gathering (esp. troops); getting together; mustering
rejection; negation; voting down
badness; evilness; bad; evil
to affect; to impact; to influence
bashful; shameful; ashamed
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
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)
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
conceiving (an idea); thinking up; invention; original idea; new idea
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
very; greatly; exceedingly
straight talk; plain speaking; speaking frankly
to underrate; to make light of
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
of bad omen; ill augur; boding evil; bad fortune
to send (something unsolicited); to send without the receiver's request
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
same crime; being equally guilty
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed