ability; performance; efficiency
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
please be careful; please take care
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to satisfy the requirements
to have a short turning radius (e.g. car); to be adaptable; to be quick to respond to shifting circumstances
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
mostly involve; principally involve
addition; adding; supplement
optimism; taking an optimistic view
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
action committee; executive committee
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
results; record; grades; marks
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
sphere; counter for balls
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
paints; painting material
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
colored ball; anti-thief colored ball (filled with a colored dye); paintball
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
article specially made to order; made-to-measure (custom-made) article
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant