it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to carry around; to carry on one's person
unsafe; insecure; careless; dangerous; incautious; imprudent
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
(not) readily; (not) easily; (not) right away; (not) simply; (not) without difficulty
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to be detained; to take time
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
chase; pursuit; chase scene (in a movie); obsessive fan who follows a celebrity around; groupie; in (quick) succession
spy; secret agent; shill; stealth advertiser
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
endless; boundless; everlasting
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
detour; circumvention; turning movement
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
riot; rebellion; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
keep it up!; way to go!; you've got it!; that's it; attaboy!; attagirl!