order; system; the establishment; (ruling) regime; structural plan; body plan
just failed (by a small margin); not quite acceptable; just a bit too late
selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to become settled; to be fixed
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
friendship; (on) familiar terms; intimacy; kindness; goodwill
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
male homosexual's partner; buttocks; anus
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
derailment; digression; deviation
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
light (flavor, color, etc.); simple; plain; frank; candid; easygoing
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk