disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
circulation (of money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (of air, water, etc.); ventilation; flow
(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing; blessing (from God)
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
something like ...; something called ...
application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
that's the way it is; such is life
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
while; even though; despite
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon