to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
small change; coins; small sum of money
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
prompt decision; quick decision; immediate judgement; summary judgment; summary judgement
intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
progress; being under way
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
delay; putting off; procrastination
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
main question; real issue at hand
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly
pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing
(and) many others; extras (in a film)
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
editor (in publishing, etc.)
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
for work; in a manner related to work
what date?; what's the date?; when?
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral