leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
process; course; mechanism
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
fake; something false; sham; deception
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
the other day; lately; recently
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
such; like that; that sort of; very
authenticity; credibility
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
this and that; one thing or another
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
use; utilization; utilisation; application
castle tower; keep; donjon
very; much; greatly; a lot of
notice; attention; observation
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
to order; to command; to appoint
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
pretense; affectation; showiness
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time