plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
general; popular; common; typical
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
prognostic symptoms; after-effect
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
great war; great battle; world war
generation; the world; the age
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to be manageable; to be able to handle
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
wholeheartedly (approve, agree, etc.); unconditionally; completely
rather; sooner; preferably
to leave everything to (someone)
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to be greatly perplexed; to be at a loss; to be sorely troubled; to be greatly embarrassed
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like