to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
now that you say that; now that you mention it
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
incident; affair; happening; event
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
perfect; complete; flawless
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
outsider; someone outside of a group
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to weigh on a scale; to weigh up options; to compare pros and cons
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
enmity; antagonism; hostility
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
lacking potential for advancement; no-hoper
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
guess; speculation; supposition
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
testimony; (verbal) evidence
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect