natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
criminal complaint; lodging a criminal complaint (against someone)
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
research and development; R&D
(this) shrine; (this) company; (this) firm
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
thorough; exhaustive; complete
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
performing a surgical operation
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
accusation; complaint; charge; legal action
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to throw at; to turn; to raise
faulty statement; misleading statement; misunderstanding caused by a misleading statement
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
to let down one's guard; to relax one's guard
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
putting in an appearance; visiting; coming to the surface; appearing; showing one's face (in TV, social media, etc.)
changing clothes; change of clothes
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
specialization; specialisation; differentiation