magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
secret; private; surreptitious
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
tool; implement; means; furniture
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
due form; official; formality
official announcement; proclamation
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
imagination; supposition; guess
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
small fraction; small proportion
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
quiet; dependable; uniform; (politically) moderate
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country
intelligence; genius; scholarship; virtue
popular name; common name; given name
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
at once; immediately; right now
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on