permission; approval; authorization; license
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
order; command; directions; instructions
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
very young; little; childish; immature
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
of course; certainly; naturally
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
by myself; in person; by oneself
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down