to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
fry; juvenile fish; fingerling
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich
work; business; company; study
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
supply; provision; raising; procurement
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
price; cost; value; worth; value
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
almost; roughly; approximately
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
(police) detective; criminal matter
indictment; prosecution; complaint
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
administration of justice
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
difficult to ...; hard to ...
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
immediately; at once; instantly
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury