structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
be (that) as it may; having said that
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
bombing (shelling) the wrong target; (be killed by) friendly fire
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
mission; delegation; transmission
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side