condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to appease; to suppress; to calm
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
friction; discord; strife
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
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
speculation; thinking; meditation
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
switching over to; migration; transition
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground