preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
flying column; detached force
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
transport; transportation
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
information bureau; intelligence department
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
alteration; falsification; faking
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
conviction; belief; confidence
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
to glare at each other; to confront each other
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to be silent; to say nothing
transmission protocol; communication protocol
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many