pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
until now; so far; up to the present
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
that's the way it is; such is life
police; police officer; police station
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to hold in one's arms; to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to be silent; to say nothing
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
if so; in that case; in that situation
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to win and advance to the next round
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
decision; settlement; definition
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
as a child; when one was a child
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop