favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase; manner of talking
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
rule; reign; peaceful times
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
secrecy; highly classified information
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to become clear; to be made public
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
overestimation; overrating; overvaluing