observer; spectator (e.g. in court); (member of the) public; visitor; audience; gallery
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
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; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
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 overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
subtracting points; deducting points; points deducted
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture; desk study
as expected; as predicted
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; closing (a door, window, etc.); cofferdam
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 close together in a disorderly way (of buildings, etc.); standing side by side; standing (for election) in (excessively) large numbers; (too many candidates) competing with each other
great disturbance; great tumult; turmoil; wild uproar; pandemonium
to persuade someone to consent; to entreat repeatedly; to beg; to implore