to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
second (unit of time); arc second
operation; functioning; running
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
you (plural); all of you; you all
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
interception (email); wiretap; bug
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
geomagnetism; terrestrial magnetism
encryption; encoding; encipherment
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
head; brains; intellect; understanding
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
as one had hoped; as one wishes
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
to pair up; to form a pair; to mate; to copulate; (arch.) to fix (an arrow to the string); (arch.) to place outriders on the left and right