group; party; team; squad; section
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
willpower; energy; vitality
to muster (e.g. courage); to gather; to collect; to pluck up
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
form; shape; figure; visage
time; hour; period; class
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
second (unit of time); arc second
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
troublesome; annoying; complicated
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
that's the way it is; such is life
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
disorder; chaos; confusion
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
all (there is); as long as there is
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
if it is the case that ...
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
bearer; carrier; person bearing responsibility; person in charge; supporter
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
already; now; no longer; not any more