-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
secret; private; surreptitious
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
contract; compact; agreement
agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; mutual relations (between family members, coworkers, etc.)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
one's chance; the right time; target; objective
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
assertion; declaration; affirmation