common; ordinary; fair (e.g. fight); gracious; frank; open
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
duplicate key; master key; passkey; skeleton key
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
lock; padlock; tablet; pill
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
seeking the bizarre (abnormal, grotesque, etc.)
to take away; to carry away
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
at any rate; in any case; anyway; anyhow
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents