pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
(professional) negligence
conscious neglect; willful negligence; wilful negligence
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
settlement; solution; resolution
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
had better ...; had better not ...
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
to discuss; to talk together
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
immediately; right away; on the spot
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle
approach (to a problem, issue, etc.); approach (of a long jump, aircraft's flight, etc.); inrun (of a ski jump); approach (to a building, mountain, etc.); approach shot