to have an eye on; to zero in on
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; distinguished; unrivaled; surpassing (e.g. beauty)
older half-sister (by a different mother)
to push aside; to brush aside
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
to be used to doing; to be experienced in
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
most likely contender; prime candidate; top prospect; leading candidate
strongest (candidate); likeliest (winner); top (suspect)
although I say; although one might say; although called
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
utter failure; completely wrong guess; big miss
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
every person; each one; everybody
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way