quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
to work; to labor; to labour; to put to work; to make (someone) work
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
clear; precise; definite; distinct
safe and secure; safe and worry-free
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
instead; but (on the other hand)
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
final appeal to the highest court
out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed
a long time ago; in those days
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
duty; obligation; responsibility
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
landing place (for aircraft); common ground; compromise; agreement
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
to repeat; to be frequent