after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
direct connection; direct link
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
sign; indication; omen; symptom
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
exclusive; attached to; specialist
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.); discipline; solidarity
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
last resort; desperate measure taken under the pressure of necessity
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
shameless; shameless person
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to be descended from; to be drawn from (the tradition of); to be derived from; to follow the school (tradition) of
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
recommendation; referral; endorsement
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
for this very reason; that is exactly why