straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to ask; to enquire; to query
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
main question; real issue at hand
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
how; in what way; how about
(medical) doctor; physician
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
family; relatives; dependents; household
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
several minutes; a few minutes
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)