increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
mediator; go-between; middleman
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
big fan (of something or someone); great fan
to put in; to place inside; to be enthusiastic; to be engrossed; to be in high spirits; to be excited
interception (email); wiretap; bug
lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say
tedious; verbose; wordy; redundancy
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to scrutinize; to scrutinise
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
arbitration; intercession; mediation
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen
self-control; self-restraint
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance