to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
Everyone is safe (all right)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
hundred points; perfect mark
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered
moment by moment; hour by hour
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to have a reason; to have an excuse
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
feeling; sense; impression
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
to teach; to take a teaching job