residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to fall into another's hands
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
voyage; passage; travelling
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
blood relationship; blood relative
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
belief; faith; conviction
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
adherent; devotee; believer
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to anticipate; to foresee
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
western edge (e.g. of city); west side
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
a few years ago; some years back
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
self-interest; selfish desire
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence