what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
conviction; belief; confidence
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
(principle of) letting sleeping dogs lie; peace-at-any-price; don't rock the boat
originally; by nature; from the start
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
to make trouble; to make waves; to cause discord
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
free translation; liberal translation
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
body; physical system; (the) person
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious