activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
things depend on how you look at them
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
alert status; emergency alert
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
big talk; boasting; bragging
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
cause for headaches; pain in the neck; source of worry
impossible to do (although wants to)
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
recovery; rescue; recapture
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan