just one person; only one
prize winner; pennant winner; victor
basis; foundation; core; criterion; standard
main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
just because; even if; even though
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
management; administration; operation
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
full acceptance of workers' pay demands
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
philanthropic work; charitable enterprise
heigh-ho; heave-ho; hold on!; just a minute; la-la
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
convenient; expedient; makeshift
temporary; provisional; interim
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
of course; certainly; naturally