straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
second day of the month; two days
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
acceleration; speeding up
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet
thrust; driving force; propulsion
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
distortion; falsification; perversion
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
is something that; is that which
self-organization; self-organisation
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
very young; little; childish; immature
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
looks; personal appearance; features
grim; stern; stark; heartless
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
true character; true heart; true spirit
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
if so; in that case; in that situation
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to push aside; to brush aside
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that