purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
both; both sides; both parties
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
to increase; to add to; to augment
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
and yet; despite (all) that
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
security; guarantee; collateral (e.g. mortgage)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
such; this sort of; like this
familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit
to give; to do (something) for
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
complete change; about-face
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
a few years ago; some years back
to have an eye on; to zero in on
just one person; only one