had better ...; had better not ...
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
experiential; empirical; experimental
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
barometer (instrument); measure (e.g. of one's health); indicator; index
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
too much; excessively; too
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
partner country; other country (in a dispute, arrangement, etc.); opponent (country)
empty lot; vacant plot of land
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
when it becomes; when it comes to
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
you could say; you might say; verging on the
is something that; is that which
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
growth period; growing season
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend