take a chance; go for broke; nothing ventured, nothing gained
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
to come to one's senses; to recover consciousness; to feel relieved; to feel relaxed
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
directly opposite; right in front
complications (in an illness)
to contract (a disease); to suffer from
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
tolerance; broad-mindedness
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
outline; summary; gist; basic points
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
utter failure; gross mistake; wrong guess
sick building; building which causes people to feel unwell
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
on the occasion of; at the time of
to rub in (e.g. cream into the skin); to grind and mix (e.g. pepper into miso)
platform; home; home base; home plate
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
redundancy; superfluity; useless addition
warmly; cordially; with tender care
fine article; good-quality item; quality product