standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange
to compete with; to vie for
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
development; exploitation
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
minimum; at the very least
thought; consideration; thinking
to be grieved at heart; to be troubled; to be worried; to trouble oneself (about something)
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
absorption; suction; attraction
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
while; even though; despite
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to challenge (a person) to a fight
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force