indescribable; having no way to express
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
a dime a dozen; two a penny
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
please (give me); please (do for me)
to take precautions; to set a guard against attack
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
please; somehow or other; one way or another
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
piece; fragment; one (object)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)