repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
in a train (car, bus, etc.); on a train
full; wholehearted; utmost; overall width
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
allotment; assignment; allocation; allocation
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
outside of one's area of expertise
weight; body weight; importance; weight; emphasis
(beating someone) hands down; with a single blow
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
alone; by oneself; on one's own
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
settlement; payment of account
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
land and sea; army and navy
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
person with a head for business
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
failure; stumbling; setback
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth