allegiance; obedience; submission
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
relish; gusto; appreciation
feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)
taking leave (of a visited place); leaving; going home; leaving one's employment; quitting one's job; being dismissed
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
preparatory phase; preparatory period
in person; personally; directly
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
much less; to say nothing of
tomfoolery; monkey business
stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously
to be flexible; to be accommodating
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
preface; introduction; preamble
cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to sell off; to sell completely
property; fortune; assets
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
depravity; corruption; degradation
reduction of expenditure; reduction of expenses; cost reduction; cost-cutting
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
power; authority; jurisdiction
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join