to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
what do you want?; can I help you?
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
relation; connection; relevance
overloading (someone; with work); overworking (someone); overwhelming; flooding (e.g. with tasks)
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
to speak words (of); to speak (to); to say (something); to say some (kind, comforting, etc.) words
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation
among these; between these; of these
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
participant; entrant; player; competitor
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
strict; rigid; exact; fair; impartial
fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice