cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
(always) having ready; having on hand; being provided with; standing; permanent; regular
promising; hopeful; full of promise
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered; to roll one's eyes up and down
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
declaration of brain death; determination of brain death; diagnosis of brain death
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
(not) in any way; in no way
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
each; (arch.) you (plural)
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
way; method; means; (technical) specification
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
social; societal; societary
forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
to cause controversy; to be controversial; to arouse criticism; to raise a storm; to cause a stir
to gain fame; to make one's name
to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of
to triumph; to be elated with success
to be harboured (of negative feelings or thoughts); to be rooted in one's mind; to coil; to curl around; to become tangled (e.g. of roots)
nothing but; except; no more than
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
running away; escaping on foot
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to have a narrow escape from death