serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
to rub; to scrub; to scrape; to draw near; to press
bringing up; rearing; upbringing
right (to do something); authority; power
child consultation center; children's welfare center
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
gossip; government OSI procurement; GOSIP
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
-less; lacking; non-existing
cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
timely; well-timed; clutch hit; run-scoring hit; RBI hit
rock 'n' roll; rock and roll
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
no time like the present; make hay while the sun shines; (lit.) it's an auspicious day (for doing it) when you've just had the idea
something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; (lit.) a horse from a gourd; something impossible; something ridiculous
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
don't put the trivial ahead of the important; don't sweat the small stuff; don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise); read the fine print; be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise)
something intended as a lie or joke which (by chance) ends up being true; lie turned truth
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
to raise one's voice; to shout
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
secret; private; surreptitious
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
national traits or character; nationality
disease affecting an entire nation
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker