when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
not worth considering; out of the question
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
in the end; at the end of the day
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
all living things; all God's creatures, great and small
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
defective item; defective product; defective merchandise
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; a small sacrifice may be necessary to solve a more pressing problem
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
regret; repentance; remorse
to change (one's clothes)
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
(cash) register; checkout (counter); cashier
snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie