to detain; to check; to restrain
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
to go along; to walk along; to follow
knowing when to give up; good at letting things go; accepting failure with good grace; being a good loser
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
national border; provincial border
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
domestic discord; internal discord; internal strife; internal struggle; infighting
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
instability; insecurity; crankiness
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
due form; official; formality
audience (with a person of high standing)
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
entreaty; appeal; petition
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
whatever (the case may be)
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
final word; voice of authority; authoritative pronouncement
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
influenced (by); under an influence
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore