premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
has never (done, occurred); there has never been an instance (where); there is no precedent (for)
calamity; disaster; misfortune
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
solution; solution strategy
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
to have good things happen to one; to have luck smile on one
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
opposite side; opposition
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
visual confirmation; sighting
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
good(-tasting); nice; delicious; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient
the whole day; all the day
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
contact; touch; contact lens
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
then; and (then); in that case; if so
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
at once; immediately; right now
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set