small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to have an eye on; to zero in on
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
even though; despite; when
around the clock; day and night
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
instant; moment; for an instant
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
true character; true heart; true spirit
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
war; battle; match; game; competition
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
weapon of mass destruction; WMD
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
such; like that; that sort of; very
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion