speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
single word; a few words; brief comment
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
place; position; location; position; standing; status
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
offensive strength; offensive power; striking power
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
min-maxing; concentrating points on a specific ability
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
to fire (a gun) ceaselessly; to fire away; to blaze away; to fire volley after volley
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
individual match; single game