My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
reading too much into things
distrust; unjust suspicion
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
physical work; manual labour (labor)
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
affidavit; deposition; testimony
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
particularly; only; in the case of
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
control; management (e.g. of a business)
out of contact; contactless (usually used to describe contactless cards)
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; tall building
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
something; some kind of; for some reason
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago