excelling; surpassing; outdoing
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
interference; intervention; meddling
right (to do something); authority; power
support; backing; aid; assistance
skill; dexterity; proficiency
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
(social) class; rank; grade
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
it is to be regretted that ...; it is a pity that ...; it is unfortunately that ...
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
class; heading; group; category
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
dispersing; breaking up; running away
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
telephone made from two cans and a piece of string
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
general mobilization; general mobilisation
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
without; but if; otherwise; or else
revealing talk; insider talk; inside story
groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
unedited remarks; frank opinions
if so; in that case; in that situation
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending