I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
within; inside of; less than
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
whispering into a person's ear
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
flabby; limp; soft and pliable
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
the whole area; all areas
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
authority; power; influence
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to
people; men and women; each person; everybody
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead