surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
heart and lungs; cardiopulmonary; heart and lung machine
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
main question; real issue at hand
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
reality; actuality; hard fact
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
and; thereupon; because of that
high voltage; high pressure
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
automatic; intransitive verb
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to go past; to pass; to pass by
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
item; something that one "just has to have"
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency