measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
conviction; belief; confidence
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to apologize; to apologise
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
selection; choice; option
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful