being dotted about; being scattered; being interspersed
magnificent house; luxurious home; palatial residence; stately mansion
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
interior design; interior; upholstery
living room (Western style); sitting room
to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish
one floor (of a building); single floor
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
it's my turn; the ball is in my court; it's up to me
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
straight-laced person; stubborn person
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
declaration; proclamation; announcement
rule; reign; government; governing
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
diplomatic recognition (of a country)
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to need; to call for; to require
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
residence; living (at, in); abode
organic; organic chemistry; organic compound
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
dictatorship; despotism; autocracy; running (a company, etc.) despotically
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
common-sense expectation; obvious conclusion; conventional wisdom; received opinion
collapse; ruin; destruction; break (on a printed line, letter, etc.)