to make up a shortfall; to cover a shortage; to compensate for a shortage; to fill a gap
provisional; temporary; tentative; interim
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
neglecting; leaving alone
destruction; collapse; crumbling
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
casualties; the killed and wounded
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to someone in person
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
conditional; qualified; with conditions attached
direct control; direct supervision
deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)
correctional facility (for juveniles); juvenile detention centre (center); reformatory
future; possible; potential; prospective
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to distinguish (e.g. facets of a problem); to isolate
dual personality; split personality
to fall ill; to be taken ill
this and that; all kinds of things; one thing and another
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to make a mistake; to blunder
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look
place to go; place one can go
(wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it; (lit.) a hand reaches out from one's throat
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
successively; one after another
daring; fearless; audacious; bold; dauntless; daredevil
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
Don Quixote (book, titular character); Don Quijote (discount chain store)
tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story; bullshit