change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
inquiry; enquiry; question; searching; looking for
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
difficult to ...; hard to ...
maintenance; preservation; improvement
cannot help (laughing, feeling sympathy, etc.); cannot hold back (tears, anger, etc.); cannot suppress
be (that) as it may; having said that
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to affect; to impact; to influence
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
rise and fall; ups and downs; shame and glory; bright side and dark side; (lit.) light and shadow
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
elaborate; exquisite; detailed
daring; fearless; audacious; bold; dauntless; daredevil
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
bearer; carrier; person bearing responsibility; person in charge; supporter
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to distinguish (e.g. facets of a problem); to isolate
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield (in soccer)
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
threshold; breaking point
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
unfortunately; regrettably
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to need; to demand; to take; to require
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
highly unpredictable; touch and go
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum