special; particular; peculiar; unique
metal plate; metallic plate
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
look!; there!; here!; that is
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
war; fighting; fierce competition
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
high-voltage current; high-tension current
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to be jinxed; to suffer a stroke of bad luck; to suffer a setback; to have a damper put on one; to have cold water thrown on one
sick; ill; ailing; (arch.) to hurt; (arch.) to ache