mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
this (very thing); this precisely
mechanism; organization; organisation
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
contact; touch; tactile object; uncleanliness
sudden; lightning; immediate; shocking
to spread; to be propagated
hateful; detestable; loathsome
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
slitheringly; wriggling, slipping and sliding
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
cooperation; coordination; link
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
without; but if; otherwise; or else
beyond one's means or position
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
composite; combined; complex
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
big catch (fishing); good haul
sign (of things to come); good omen; good sign
front; frontage; facade; main
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
physical law; laws of physics
in name only; titular; nominal
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap