it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
level ground; plain; flatland
lost property; something dropped and left behind
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool
looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
as you see; as you can see
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
slow motion (video); moving slowly; moving leisurely
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
having no memory of (having done something); having nothing to do with; having no knowledge of; knowing nothing about
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
fat; tallow; lard; grease
relation; connection; affinity
person concerned; person qualified; person in question; party; litigant (legal)
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
beautiful woman; pretty girl; high-quality goods; special article
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires
pliantly; pliably; subserviently; ingratiatingly; servilely
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
time; age; chance; moment; occasion
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
head; brains; intellect; understanding
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express