to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
in the end; at the end of the day
behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
abuse; misuse; perversion
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
to grow up; to become an adult
to make the impossible possible; to accomplish the impossible
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
main cause; primary factor
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort