to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to have an idea; to have a clue
deep inside; innermost place
first generation; founder
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
consideration; taking into account
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
rather; sooner; preferably
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
to attempt; to test; to try out
jokingly; in the form of a joke
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
of great promise; with a promising future
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
to detain; to check; to restrain
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)