to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
matter in question; that matter; the matter; the issue
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (forever); to continue to conceal
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
to insert; to put in; to come in (of light); to shine in; to have a griping pain (in the stomach, chest, etc.)
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
slow motion (video); moving slowly; moving leisurely
fall; drop; descent; coming down
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
all over; filled in; complete; total; clichéd; hackneyed; plaintext
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
unvoiced opinion; (opinion of the) silent majority; views which are not expressed
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out