consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
change of tone; variation (music); irregularity; modulation (in radio)
main cause; primary factor
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
tedious talk; repetition; complaint; tongue-twister
to dispose of; to sell off
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
two days later; day after next; next day but one
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
to talk to oneself; to mutter
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
all one has; all one's possessions
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to act suspiciously; to behave in a strange way
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness