to detain; to check; to restrain
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
one's own expense; out-of-pocket expense
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
if so; in that case; in that situation
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
even more; still more; further
suggestion; hint; implication
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
deductive powers; reasoning capability; reasoning skill
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
worst; worst-case (scenario)
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended