major incident; major happening; big scandal
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
pupil; student; schoolchild
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to be a matter of life or death
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
main cause; primary factor
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
thought; consideration; thinking
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
(social) position; status
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
normalcy; normality; normal
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course