spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
suspicion (of having committed a crime, wrongdoing)
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
feigned innocence; feigned gentleness; fake modesty; feigned ignorance; playing dumb
sudden reversal (of behavior, opinion, attitude, etc.); about-face; flip-flop
distinction; favoritism; favouritism; discrimination
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
when it becomes; when it comes to
the bounds of reason; the limits of (common) sense
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to keep away; to keep at a distance
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
everything; anything; nothing
to be discouraged; to shrink from
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
both; both sides; both parties
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
by today; before the day is over
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight