fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
to live through; to survive
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
beyond that point; after that
suddenly; abruptly; impulsively
looks; personal appearance; features
feelings; thoughts; meaning
business; trade; operations; sales
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
transactions; dealings; business
the present regime; the existing regime
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable
relative evaluation; comparative assessment
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program