tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
something wrong; something unusual; abnormality; disorder; trouble; change
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
insertion; interposition; interpolation; infix
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
input; (data) entry; typing
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
worried look; worried expression
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
programming language; programing language
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
this (very thing); this precisely
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
sensual; voluptuous; sexy; arousing