leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
power; authority; jurisdiction
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
different opinion; objection
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
sense of values; values; value system
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
reaction; response; reaction
main question; real issue at hand
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
it's no joke; gimme a break!
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
inside one's heart; in one's mind
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
reason; cause; circumstances
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to need; to call for; to require
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication