true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
speech and conduct; words and deeds
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
to sell off; to sell completely
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
thought; consideration; thinking
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to offer for sale; to put on the market
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to some extent; to a certain extent
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order