great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
big man; large man; tall man; giant
class; heading; group; category
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
way one walks; one's walk
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
excretion; discharge; excrement
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead
matter of time; question of time
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
generation (e.g. power); sending a telegram; telegraphing
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
scale; scope; plan; structure
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose
interruption; suspension; break
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
to put one's hand on; to touch
guess; conjecture; supposition; inference
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse