establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to have a relationship; to have relations
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
in the same way as; just like
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
interruption; suspension; break
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
to accept; to receive; to agree
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
family quarrel; quarrel between parent and child
to press a question; to cross-examine
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
dissolute; dissipated; licentious; slovenly; untidy; messy
to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband
of course; certainly; naturally
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...