reason; cause; circumstances
drastic treatment; rough-and-ready treatment; drastic remedy; drastic measures; drastic steps
continuation; succession; series
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
maintenance; preservation; improvement
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
assertion; declaration; affirmation
clearing one's throat; cough
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short
to concern; to be related
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
property; fortune; assets
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
badness; evilness; bad; evil
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
hostility; animosity; enmity
connection; link; relationship
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to sniff out; to get wind of
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
to look forward to something
until now; so far; up to the present