calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
being startled; getting a shock
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
outer surface; outward appearance; outside; outside; outer; outward
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
calm; composed; cool; quiet
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
I'm not so sure; I can hardly say with any finality that ...
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person
condition; state (of health); appearance
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
preference; priority; precedence
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
to finish; to end; to close
inattention; absent-mindedness
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
talking while standing; standing around talking
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
nod; inclination of the head
(the condition of) one's health
chronological order; time series