in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; completely; thoroughly
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
true state; actual condition; reality
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
to join forces; to cooperate
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
to liken to; to compare to; to pattern after; to model after; to imitate
in accordance with; pursuant to; in proportion to; according to; in the same manner as; in the same way as
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
standard; average; typical; normal
to name; to call; to christen; to term
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker