meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
magic tool (in fiction); magical item
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
by myself; in person; by oneself
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name
proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice