not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
environment; surroundings; circumstances
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
preparation; provision; defenses; guard; military formation; troop arrangement
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
parting (of people); separation; farewell; breakup
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
rotary; roundabout; traffic circle; rotary; rotating
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
exit; way out; outlet; vent
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open