to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
insertion; letter drop; sending to a prisoner; thing sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
if it is (the case that ...)
beginning; outset; first; onset
failure; mistake; blunder
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
tone of voice (e.g. in a sweet tone); timbre
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
mishit (in golf, tennis, etc.); bad shot; missed shot
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
to be pleased with; to suit
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
how much; how many; to what extent
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
special training; intensive training; crash course
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...