no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
command; lead; generalship; leadership
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
team competition; team game
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
detour; circumvention; turning movement
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
(not so) much; (not) very
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
independent action; acting alone
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
putting into operation; invocation
waiting time; latency; standby time (e.g. cellular phones); queueing time
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
continuation; succession; series
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
cane; walking stick; staff; wand