adaptability; capacity to adapt; ability to adjust
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
helping oneself to a drink; pouring one's own drink
self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
self-help efforts; independent efforts; self-supporting endeavor
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
gossipy; abusive; critical; jabbering
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
influential person; man of importance
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
interior; inside; internal
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
calamity; disaster; misfortune
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
after that; afterwards; thereafter
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs