to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith
temporary truce; ceasefire
death from prostration; death from emaciation
self-healing; spontaneous recovery
overreliance on others; excessive babyishness; spoiled person (esp. child)
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
idealistic thought (argument)
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to get distracted; to jump off the track
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
preliminary arrangements; spade work
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
want to ... do something; would like to ...
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray