easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
flag; boolean value; something that foreshadows a future event or outcome (in a film, novel, etc.)
total (money); full amount; sum
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
name plate; name tag; label
with a snap; with a flick; wide-eyed; with a flick (of eyelids); with a crackle (of a fire); with a rustle
to get goosebumps; to be deeply moved (so that one gets goosebumps); to get chills; to feel shivers
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
making a killing; making easy money; robbery; robber
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
long-awaited; much-awaited
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to get someone to say; to make someone say
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
intelligence gathering; information gathering
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
easy task; piece of cake; cakewalk; cinch; pushover
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
name recognition; established reputation
extremely; very; a shitload; a lot; a great amount
to be profitable; to yield a profit
antitrust law; Antitrust Act
that's the way it is; such is life