passive; lacking initiative; lacking autonomy
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
life and death; life or death
regulation; adjustment; control
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
supply; provision; service; supply
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to become settled; to be fixed
binary number system; base-2
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
just one person; only one
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
the five viscera and the six internal organs; inside one's body; in one's heart
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
you could say that; that might be so
at that time; in those days
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (minor penalty in judo)
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
to open up to someone else; to divulge one's true feelings; to be openhearted
this sort of; this type of
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested
self-deprecating; self-mocking
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to succeed; to bear fruit
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
case (container); case (instance, situation); case