inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
complete change; about-face
to one's delight; to one's joy
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to be needed; to be wanted
(necessary) personnel; required person
rather; sooner; preferably
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
killing two birds with one stone
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
body; group; party; company; troupe
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
serious look (on one's face); straight face
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war