minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
alarm clock; waking up; keeping oneself awake; type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap
recently; lately; these days
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter