even so; anyhow; at any rate
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
frequency (of occurrence)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
eating together; dining together; having a meal together
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
taking a breather; relaxation; rest; vent; ventilation opening
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
to choke; to have trouble breathing
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
you could say that; that might be so
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
approach (to a problem, issue, etc.); approach (of a long jump, aircraft's flight, etc.); inrun (of a ski jump); approach (to a building, mountain, etc.); approach shot
one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
to make trouble; to rock the boat; to make waves; to aggravate a situation
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to work hard; to work diligently; to do one's best; to try one's hardest
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague