losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
to be touching; to be moving
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
one's house; one's home; one's family
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
black lustre; black luster
parts; accessories; components
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
very great; enormous; serious
to engage (with); to be in gear (with); to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
be (that) as it may; having said that
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
to part left and right; to open out
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
retiring from military service
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
split; division; break up
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
difficult to ...; hard to ...
astounding; startling; world-shaking; amazing; earth-shattering
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
head; brains; intellect; understanding