ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible
to aggravate; to make serious
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
complete victory; total victory
to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
both sides; two sides; double-sided
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
numerical value; numerics; reading (on a meter, etc.)
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
the people; citizens; the populace
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
to sprout; to put forth buds
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
flash; instant; lightning (speed)
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
rule; reign; government; governing
gazing at (in wonderment)
to watch over; to watch attentively
genuine article; real thing; real deal
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
the place for; the time for; the level of
to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
historic; historical; traditional
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation