beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
proposal; offer; request; application
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
to quicken one's pace (steps)
as stated; verbatim; literally
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
fortifying; fortification
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
addressing (e.g. writing an address on an envelope)
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
destination (one is heading towards); goal
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
choice; selection; option
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
removing a name; expelling (e.g. from school); decommissioning
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless