desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
use; utility; profit; gain
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable
to shut in; to confine; to contain
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
match declared drawn due to injury
instead; but (on the other hand)
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
restoration; return to health
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
change; transition; vicissitudes
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn
ninth day of the month; nine days
to glare at each other; to confront each other
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
children's game in which the aim is to occupy the other's home base; taking a place; securing a position
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)