(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
colourless; colorless; achromatic; neutral (position); impartial
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
surroundings; environs; circumference
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
gallery; corridor; art gallery; upper gallery (in a theatre); spectators (esp. at a golf tournament)
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
ultimate; final; last; eventual
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
originally; by nature; from the start
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
function; facility; faculty; feature
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but