sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
business; trade; operations; sales
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
company; corporation; workplace
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
any more; any further; any better; any longer
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
story; tale; talk; discussion
offender; criminal; culprit
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued