conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliché
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
being scattered and ultimately lost; dissipation
high-level; higher-order; higher-order; higher-degree
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to boil down; to condense; to think through to the end; to reduce to essentials
to be able to do; to be capable of doing
paranoid; obsessive; fixated; monomaniacal
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
to scrape off; to shave off
withdrawal symptoms; abstinence syndrome
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
the whole; all; on the whole; generally; from the start; from the outset
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
the whole world; throughout heaven and earth
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
phosphorous light; ignis fatuus; will-o'-the-wisp
unexpectedly; accidentally; by chance
sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
cheerful; bright; clear; clean; honest
peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea
prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
in groups of twos and threes; in small groups; (lit.) (in groups of) threes and fives
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be dejected; to be exhausted; to be tired out
to sit silently (and submissively) at a meeting
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic; luxuriant (of vegetation)
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
one's frame of mind; way one looks at things