simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
(computer) console; single console for multiple diving gauges
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to surge; to well up; to gush out
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to stumble (over); to trip; to fail; to suffer a setback
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
headfirst slide; head-first sliding
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); taxiing (aircraft); making a takeoff run
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
bloomers; (girls') gym shorts
out of bounds; beyond the pale
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to be opposite; to face each other
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
safety myth; myth that something is completely safe (e.g. nuclear plant); safety dogma
circulation; dissemination