front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
preliminary arrangements; spade work
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
brewing; fermenting; arousing; causing; creating
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
cares; ill feeling; reserve
nothing but; none other than
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
generation; the world; the age
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
infancy; childhood; tender age
removing a name; expelling (e.g. from school); decommissioning
remaining heat; residual excitement; lingering enthusiasm
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
to be saved up (of money)
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
race (of people); type of person
running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody
production (e.g. play); direction
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
leader; boss; upper part of a flag; (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
person who has rendered distinguished service
to prove a loss; to be a disadvantage; to not pay
to burn hotly; to burn redly; to lose one's temper; to get mad; to be upset
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
prospects of victory; chances of success
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable