no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
at work; in the midst of work; working
interruption; suspension; break
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to comfort; to console; to amuse
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever