to happen to hear; to overhear
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
to neither itch nor feel pain; to not be affected by something; to not feel the effects of something
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
point in common; common feature
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
Chinese whispers; telephone (game)
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
intelligence gathering; information gathering
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
subtracting points; points deducted
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
capable of anything; liable to do
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
deductive powers; reasoning capability; reasoning skill
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
going back to the beginning (in a discussion, argument, etc.); returning to the fundamental points (of the issue at hand); discussion of how things began (in the first place)
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
great tumult; great strife; big loud bang; bustle; dirdum; hell broken loose
to persuade someone to consent; to entreat repeatedly; to beg; to implore
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture