tool; implement; means; furniture
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
consumer; ordinary citizen; stakeholder; person who lives on (e.g. situation, income, place)
impossible to do (although wants to)
human relations; personal relationships
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
parting ways after a quarrel
choosing between two things; two choices
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
(some) more; even more; longer; further
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out