mental image; mental picture; image
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
directly opposite; right in front
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
(right at the) side; just beside
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
around the clock; day and night
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
preference; priority; precedence
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
that; the matter in question
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet