high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
insurance; guarantee; warranty
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
peril; danger; hazard; distress
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
natural posture (esp. in judo); natural stance; natural attitude; relaxed manner; calm manner
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
strong interaction; strong force
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
to take away; to carry away
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
surely; certainly; without doubt
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then