entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
the last moment; the very end
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
to be lacking in options; to be too few
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
beyond that point; after that
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
supervised; under surveillance
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
rather; sooner; preferably
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling