partnership - affiliation, alignment, alliance, amalgamation, assemblage, association, axis, band, bloc, body, body corporate, business, business establishment, cahoots, cartel,
disposed to - apt to, capable, disposed, given, inclined, liable to, like, likely, likely to, minded, predisposed, prone, ready, subject ,
surround - ambiance, ambience, atmosphere, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bound, box, box in, cage, carry, case, chamber, circle,
stage player - Thespian, actor, actress, antagonist, bad guy, character, feeder, foil, heavy, juvenile, matinee idol, mime, mimer, mimic, monologist,
gradual change - accommodation, accomplishment, adaptation, adjustment, advance, advancement, alteration, amelioration, amplification, apostasy, betterment, break, change of heart, conversion, defection,
at issue - against the grain, against the tide, against the wind, arguable, at cross-purposes, at daggers, at daggers drawn, at odds, at variance, at war with, athwart, conditional, conditioned, conjectural, contestable,
reassemble - rebuild, reconstruct, remake, remodel ,
joint heir - heir, heir apparent, heiress, inheritor, successor ,
mode of succession - bequest, birthright, entail, heirloom, heritage, inheritance, legacy, patrimony, primogeniture, reversion, succession ,
gamble on - bank on, be axiomatic, be certain, be confident, bet on, calculate on, chance, chance it, count on, depend on, doubt not, feel sure, go without saying, have no doubt, hazard,
disposed to - apt to, capable, disposed, given, inclined, liable to, like, likely, likely to, minded, predisposed, prone, ready, subject ,
surround - ambiance, ambience, atmosphere, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bound, box, box in, cage, carry, case, chamber, circle,
stage player - Thespian, actor, actress, antagonist, bad guy, character, feeder, foil, heavy, juvenile, matinee idol, mime, mimer, mimic, monologist,
gradual change - accommodation, accomplishment, adaptation, adjustment, advance, advancement, alteration, amelioration, amplification, apostasy, betterment, break, change of heart, conversion, defection,
at issue - against the grain, against the tide, against the wind, arguable, at cross-purposes, at daggers, at daggers drawn, at odds, at variance, at war with, athwart, conditional, conditioned, conjectural, contestable,
reassemble - rebuild, reconstruct, remake, remodel ,
joint heir - heir, heir apparent, heiress, inheritor, successor ,
mode of succession - bequest, birthright, entail, heirloom, heritage, inheritance, legacy, patrimony, primogeniture, reversion, succession ,
gamble on - bank on, be axiomatic, be certain, be confident, bet on, calculate on, chance, chance it, count on, depend on, doubt not, feel sure, go without saying, have no doubt, hazard,