important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
script; screenplay; scenario
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
simply put; putting it simply
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely