vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
complete change; about-face
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
key rack; (wall-mounted) key holder; key hook
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
wicked tongue; abusive language
on bad terms; at loggerheads
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
environment; circumstance
shame; disgrace; raping; rape
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
at the last moment; this late in the game
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
profitable plan; good plan
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
classification; categorization; sorting