special; particular; peculiar; unique
because of; owing to; due to
remarkable; striking; obvious
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
fundraising; financing; cash flow
labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
on the occasion of; at the time of
next term; next period; next version; next release
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
capable of anything; liable to do
blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
imputation; shifting (blame, responsibility, etc.); passing the buck; second marriage; remarriage
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
enticement; inducement; attraction
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
after that; afterwards; thereafter
final; eventual; ultimate
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
to flare up; to burst into flames
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
recovery; rescue; recapture
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
planning; project; plan; design
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
victim; injured party; sufferer
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous