excellent plan; best policy
decrease; reduction; decline
personal attack; personal denunciation
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
global maximum; greatest value
control value; minimal required value
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
(only) one option; one possible choice
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
fair and square; open and aboveboard
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish
destruction; annihilation; extermination
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
twice; again; second time
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
afternoon session (stock exchange); afternoon trading
dark clouds; black clouds
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
thrusting (a spear, etc.)
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)