decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
exhibition; display; putting on show
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
it's not like; it isn't as if
alarm (fire, burglar, railroad-crossing, etc.); sensor
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)
smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
mobilization; going into action; being dispatched; being sent out; being called in; turning out
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
with a clink (click, clack)
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
to face on; to look out on to
to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice
to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back
(standing) straight; (extending) flatly; with a snap; abruptly; sticking into (with a quick motion); attaching
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other