circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
absence; disregard; indifference
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
class system; caste system; hierarchical system
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan or project
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
something like ...; something called ...
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to tie; to fix; to attach
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
decrease; reduction; decline
tendency; trend; inclination
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
geometric progression; proliferation; multiplying like rats
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
pride; boast; credit (to)
counter for choices, options, etc.
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
that's the way it is; such is life
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
correction; revision; redressing; rectifying
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
villain; baddie; the villain's part
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to