unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
such; like that; that sort of
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to make an appearance; to show up
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
all ages to come; all generations; eternity
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
in the future; another day; later
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
one day; (on) a certain day
to carry over (an issue, decision, work, etc.); to carry forward; to put off; to postpone; to defer
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)
(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
the more you do (it), the... (e.g. "the more you drink, the better it tastes")
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen