as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
different opinion; objection
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
product; produce; result; fruit
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
interference; intervention; meddling
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
changing completely; transformation
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
looking and listening; (television) viewing; watching; (public) attention; interest
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
reproducibility; repeatability; duplicability
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
very popular; highly favoured
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
very highly commended; highly lauded; very well-received; very popular
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
hamburger shop; hamburger restaurant; hamburger joint
gyudon; rice covered with sliced beef, usu. with vegetables
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
branch office; branch store