to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
well-known; noted; celebrated
(enter into, be in) a state of war
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
to decide; to determine; to judge
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to struggle for; to compete with; to vie with
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
literature; books (reference); document
to proceed though deadlocked; to be carried over (e.g. to next meeting); to go into a shootout (e.g. sport)
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
to send back; to refer back
history of; experience of
few decades; many decades; several decades
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to complain; to lodge a complaint
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
bargaining ability; bargaining power; ability to negotiate
influential person; man of importance
communication skills; communication ability
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
anything and everything; just about everything
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on