purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to be manageable; to be able to handle
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
permanent; perpetual; persistent; lasting
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
to have an eye on; to zero in on
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
redoing; doing over again
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
great joy; delight; jubilation
outsider; someone outside of a group
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
(smelling) strongly; pungently; angrily; furiously; indignantly
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
unnatural death; violent death
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
abhorrent; abominable; detestable; ominous; inauspicious; unlucky
killing (someone) with a curse; putting a deadly curse on (someone)
cause for headaches; pain in the neck; source of worry
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
proposal; offer; request; application
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
backing (an initiative, candidate, etc.); support; backing up (another player); covering; backup
how long; how far; how much
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
positive (e.g. thinking); positive; positive (pole); anode
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress