first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
letter; missive; note; mail
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to collect; to assemble; to gather
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
in that way; thus; so; so?
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command