otherwise; or else; if not
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
cooperation; coordination; link
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
property; fortune; means; assets
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
impossible; unlikely; improbable
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
to take care; to mind; to be attentive
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
so many countries, so many customs
difference; disparity; gap
to find a way; to find the time; to try to make oneself available
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
large stage; grand stage; the big stage; grand setting