finding employment; getting a job
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to be able to manage somehow or another
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
process; course; mechanism
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to manage something successfully; to be successful
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
business trip; official trip
defensive perimeter; defence line; defense line; precaution; safeguard; safety measure
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
meeting; greeting; welcome
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
stairs; stairway; staircase