processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
straying; wandering off course
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
too much; excessively; too
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
head; chief; boss; leader
remnants of a defeated army
executives; top management; governing body
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
something worth mentioning; something to count on; something problematic
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
common-sense expectation; obvious conclusion; conventional wisdom; received opinion
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
economic bloc; ecosystem (of services, goods, etc. within a company or consortium)
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
environment; circumstance
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
to rule; to govern; to administer
yoke; constraints; oppression
to arouse someone's interest; to whet (appetite); to be appealing; to be intriguing; to be fascinating
uncertainty; indeterminacy; unreliability; unauthenticity
suddenly; all of a sudden
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
too many to count; too numerous to mention
to make a fool of someone