moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
physical work; manual labour (labor)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
news; word; tidings; omen
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to look forward to something
to accompany; to go with; to go together
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
moron; idiot; stupid person
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
tailwind; fair wind; favorable wind (favourable); favorable condition (favourable); advantageous situation
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
what happens twice will happen thrice
serious; not joking; straight
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
to be silent; to say nothing
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to drool; to dribble; to slobber