valuable article; valuables
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
permission; approval; authorization; license
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
trailer (vehicle); semi-trailer truck; trailer (for a film, video game, etc.)
itemization (of expenses); the items; breakdown; classification
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to be able to manage somehow or other
never mind!; don't worry about it
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
super technology; technology beyond our current capabilities, mainly in science fiction
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
science and technology; technology; scientific techniques
science institute; scientific laboratory
patent; special permission; license; licence
to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
new government; new administration
source of funds; resources; finances
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
instability; insecurity; crankiness
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
besides; in addition; also; moreover
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
dogs and cats; pets; something trivial; worthless thing
it's not like; it isn't as if
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked