a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
programme; program; plans; arrangements
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
(together) with; -wide; including
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
established fact; fait accompli
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to make sense; to be meaningful
to govern; to manage; to subdue
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to push aside; to brush aside
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
landowner; landlord; landlady