outsourcing; subcontracting
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
departure; leaving; going away; recession
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
in the end; at the end of the day
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
(coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other
safe; vault; storage cabinet
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
to prowl after; to keep watch on
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to be astonished; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be deeply impressed
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
solution; solution strategy
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
forced repatriation; deportation
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
defense; defence; protection