mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
assertion; declaration; affirmation
tranquilizer; tranquiliser
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
to be in complete attendance
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
to stick it out (until the end)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
smoky; awkward; ill at ease
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
with a click (door sound); with tenseness or firmness
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one