useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
to throw something to each other; to pass something back and forth; to bandy something around; to take part in a pitching duel
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
instead; but (on the other hand)
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
to accompany; to go with; to go together
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
almost; roughly; approximately
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
guidance; leadership; leading the way
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)