salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
worst; worst-case (scenario)
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
gradual (destruction); progressive (dismantlement)
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of; serving (in the military, congress, etc.)
to need; to demand; to take; to require
government; administration; ministry
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
organizational capability; organisational capability
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
Northern and Southern Courts (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern and Southern Dynasties; Northern and Southern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
know-how; expertise; the ropes; the knack
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
habitat isolation; compartmentalization; segregation; isolation
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
scale; scope; plan; structure
each house; every house; many houses
mediator; go-between; middleman; broker
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
hunting; shooting; game; quarry
department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry