tie-up; collaboration; partnership; cooperation
verbal promise; one's word
unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
cooperation; mutual aid (help)
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
choices; alternatives; options
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
psychiatry; psychiatric department
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
safety zone; traffic island
to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)
guess; speculation; supposition
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
fail-safe; foolproof; totally safe
one's physical safety; personal security
to look down on; to make light of
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
interval between the waves; gap between waves
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself