major contender; strong (leading) candidate; front runner
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
(in) his way; peculiar to him
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
(relating to) gender; sex; sexual
three sides; small offering stand
fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey
historic; historical; traditional
tasteless and odorless; bland
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
wide difference; a world of difference
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
annotation; explanatory note; comment
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
bribe; money under the table
negotiable; further discussion needed
front entrance; front door
with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel
order; reservation; order; sequence; order (of magnitude); architectural order
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
to be impressed; to greatly admire
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
reinforcement; strengthening
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
standard; set; routine; decided
limited; restricted; constrained