hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
wicked smile; evil grin; sinister laugh
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to hit and break open; to crush; to smash
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
technical term; terminology; jargon
sending (a manuscript, artwork, etc.) to the printer; receiving a manuscript (from the author)
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
heap; pile; stack; full measure
vinegared dish; pickled dish
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
provoking; rather annoying; (speaking ironically) darling
approximation; rough estimate; ballpark figure
safe and secure; safe and worry-free
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
derailment; digression; deviation
yourself; himself; herself
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
(informal) discussion; talk; (formal and tedious) talk; lecture; admonition; reprimand
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
to blame; to find fault with
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
having a crush on someone
one-man (show, team, etc.); tyrant; dictatorial person; conductorless bus (i.e. having only a driver); conductorless train
to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to forget completely; to leave behind
delusion; trick of the imagination
(sexual) bondage; rope bondage; playing with self-imposed restrictions (to increase the game's difficulty)