for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
hearsay; hearing secondhand; hearing through the grapevine
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance
natural product; product of nature
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
shutout; shutting out; locking out; shutout; allowing no runs (goals, etc.)
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
comfortably; peacefully; freely; (growing) quickly
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
that is to say; so that means
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
pointing out; identification
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
like this; this sort; this way
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
close; intimate; on good terms
both hands; both arms; ten
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
style; way; shape; dress; attire; clothing
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
inside; interior; inner part
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use