postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
ahead (of); before; slightly earlier
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
appeal (e.g. for peace); plea; appeal (of something); attractiveness; appeal (to the referee); emphasizing
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall
perfect; ideal; completely satisfactory; leaving nothing to be desired; faultless; impeccable
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
dissection; autopsy; postmortem examination; analysis; postmortem
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus); subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
change of mind; inconstancy; apostasy
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
aizuchi; backchanneling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess
total abolition; full phase-out; total repeal
anxiety (about the future)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
to hang one's head; to droop one's head