to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
direct connection; direct link
young person; inexperienced person; novice
common front; united front
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words
personality; style; appearance
although there are many of them
direct discussion; direct talks
main principle; gist; general plan; guidelines; outline
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
appropriate (e.g. authorities); concerned; relevant; said; aforementioned; competent
calm before a storm; lull before the storm
limited; limiting; restrictive
optimism; taking an optimistic view
how; in what way; I wonder
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
simple (e.g. matter); problem free; hopeless; the end (i.e. leaving one at a loss of words); dumbfounding
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
directly under; falling perpendicularly
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
before it happens; previously
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
(exercising) the right to command
menial; meanness; servility; abject
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy