engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
guard; security guard; security officer
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
near miss; just missing (each other)
you could say; you might say; verging on the
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
(attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottom; crushing defeat; utter failure; complete exhaustion; collapsing (onto a bed, desk, etc.)
time; season; period; phase; stage
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
hanging around; wandering around (aimlessly); moving around (restlessly); running around
hostility; antagonism; opposition
war; fighting; fierce competition
the other day; a few days ago
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
good policy; wise policy; best plan
the same kind; accomplice; partner
irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
timewise; temporal; chronal
earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)