cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to be able to manage somehow or other
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
control; check; restraint; inhibition
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
rule; reign; government; governing
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
(political) power; authority; influence
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
for example; for instance; e.g.
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
abuse; misuse; perversion
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
in proportion to; according to; depending on
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
part; portion; glimpse; bit
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other