affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
to be profitable; to yield a profit
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
big leakage; uncontained leak
zip it (when used to others); I'll shut up (when used by oneself); button (one's) lips
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
to have an idea; to have a clue
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
outward appearance; apparent
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
burning low; waning; declining
police drama (television); detective drama
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
very popular; highly favoured
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
classical theatre; classical theater
aliteracy; loss of interest in or shift away from reading (especially serious) books or literature
cell phone novel; literary work originally written on a cellular phone
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak