bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
power; authority; jurisdiction
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
moving about; stirring about
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
for dear life; barely escaping alive
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to run through; to run past
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
beyond that point; after that
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with