seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude
intensification; aggravation
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
toll; transit fee; transit duty
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
softy; pushover; wishy-washy person
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
proud; triumphant; boastful; self-satisfied
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
it is I who should say so
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
major incident; major happening; big scandal
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
killing two birds with one stone
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
long distance relationship
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
emergency meeting; urgent meeting; emergency session; emergency conference
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
torturing to death; tormenting to death
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
department head; division manager; head of a department
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
complication; confusion; disorder; chaos; dispute; conflict
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...