a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
percent; per cent; percentage
personality; style; appearance
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
temporary (suspension) bridge; makeshift bridge; bridge (between cultures, generations, etc.); link; walkway (constructed on a cliff face); plank path
wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game
to be superstitious; to believe in omens
feeble joke; poor joke; corny joke; bad pun
intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view
to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
passage (of people or vehicles); passing (through); traffic; common usage; widespread use
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
intelligence agency; secret service
difficult to ...; hard to ...
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
mobility; maneuverability
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)