favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
very popular; highly favoured
man of the hour; woman of the hour
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
official use; government business
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
very careful; thoroughly prepared
bribe; sweetener; douceur
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
to run aground; to strike a rock; to be stranded on a reef; to reach a deadlock; to come to a standstill; to run into difficulties
to take over; to hand over
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
difficult problem; challenge
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to think of; to come up with
hot topic; talk of the town
useless; worthless; absurd; baloney
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
business world; business circles; (the) industry
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled