jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
results; record; grades; marks
to cut corners; to be shoddy
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to be perturbed; to be agitated
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
pair; the two; both persons; both things
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
true to one's name; living up to one's name
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
simply; merely; only; solely
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment