battery; battery (pitcher and catcher)
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to fall flat; to fall face down
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
event; phenomenon; matter
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
official name; formal name
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
non-response; no response; no answer
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
pride; dignity; self-respect
very great; enormous; serious
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
key word; key phrase; clue; keyword; search term; index term
worthy of special mention
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
mounting (animal behaviour); asserting dominance
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
being shelved (of a movie, project, etc.); being postponed; being put on hold; putting in storage