chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
(it won't be possible) on such short notice
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
in good health; alive and well; going strong
company president; manager; director
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to be needed; to be wanted
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
to make merry; to be festive
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on
raging fire; conflagration
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
fair and square; open and aboveboard
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
(period of) a year; during an era