poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
people; men and women; each person; everybody
property; fortune; means; assets
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to get information; to find out; to get wind of
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
classified information; top secret
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
every place; various places
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be