guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
immediately; right away; on the spot
rejection; dismissal; turning down; abandoning; renunciation
it's probably so; it stands to reason
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
way (of doing); manner; method; means
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
strength; power; proficiency; ability
plural; multiple; several
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
multilateral; many-sided; diversified
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
meaning; significance; sense
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
minority group (party); minority
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
almost; roughly; approximately
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary