moment by moment; hour by hour
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
speaking inarticulately (slurring, lisping, etc.)
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
hall of offerings (at a shrine)
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
underlying cause; indirect cause; remote cause
to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on)
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to lose sight of; to miss
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
going in the opposite direction; going against the wind; running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
special pardon; (general) amnesty
existence; possession; having; limited company
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
naturally; of course; understandably
to be impolite; to be discourteous