to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
to get into an argument; to come to discuss; to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
to subsist; to keep on living
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
axiom; maxim; self-evident truth
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
systematization; systematisation; organization; organisation
ignorance; (lack of) enlightenment or civilization (civilisation); unenlightened; uncivilized; uncivilised
even though it is not; despite not
capital; funds; seed money; asset
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
connection; link; relationship
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
feeling keenly; fully realizing
such ... as; or some such
loss-cutting; cutting one's losses
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
Concorde fallacy; Concorde effect; sunk cost fallacy
argument based on emotion; sentimental argument
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
horrible; deadly; punishing; murderous
testimony; (verbal) evidence