pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
handrail; railing; banister
high-voltage current; high-tension current
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
one way or the other; either way
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter); to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality); to take part (in some work); to hang about
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
formidable person; shrewd person; certain person (e.g. whose name cannot be disclosed); someone; (arch.) that sort of person; (arch.) that kind of person
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers
to miss; to fail to capitalize; to fail to capitalise
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
to understand from experience
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to join; to piece together; to set (bones); to graft (onto a tree)
control; check; restraint; inhibition
none other than; ... himself; ... herself