to take the form (of); to assume a shape
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to stop walking; to pause
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
force (bulldoze) one's way through
doing whatever one pleases
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
chief; main; principal; major
(ease of) handling; operation; arrangement (of pipes, wires, etc.); layout; wrestler's belt used in a bout
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
tool; implement; means; furniture
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
excessive; too much; unreasonable
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
genuine; authentic; true; real
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep