before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
matter of time; question of time
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to show up; to appear; to turn up
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
feeling good; feeling pleasant
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
to mix; to stir; to blend
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane