vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
making matters worse; adding insult to injury; (lit.) bees to a tearful face
estrangement; alienation; disaffection; (customer) churn; attrition
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
subordination; dependency
unremitting effort; dogged perseverance; unswerving loyalty
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
hostility; antagonism; opposition
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!
celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing; blessing (from God)
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
bone marrow; medulla; heart's core; depths of one's heart; main point; vital part
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
offense and defense; offence and defence
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to be betrayed; to be brought to grief (by an enemy); to be given a hard time
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
not one to talk; who are you to say; look who's talking
urgent report; urgent message
unavoidable; inevitable; cannot be helped; of necessity
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
rival; competitor; competition
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)