to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
to be needed; to be wanted
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
lump together; put all together
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
estimate (of costs); budget
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
one's person; around one's person
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
poisoning; kill by poison
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
interval; break; pause; spare moment
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
all over (the place); throughout; everywhere; every inch; every part; from head to toe
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
confidentially; privately; off the record