pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
secret; private; surreptitious
general idea; concept; notion
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
percent; per cent; percentage
probability; likelihood; chances
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
to exchange blows; to hit each other; to punch each other; to fight
existence; possession; having; limited company
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
strongest ever; most powerful in history
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
physical condition; state of health; shape
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to shake; to waver; to tremble