to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
artificial intelligence; AI
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
preference; priority; precedence
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
detour; circumvention; turning movement
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
how; in what way; by what means
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)