to defy conventional wisdom
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
5th day of the month; five days
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
tepid water; lukewarm water; comfortable; easy; relaxed
occurring in succession; doing in succession; firing in rapid succession; volley of shots; volley (of questions, abuse, etc.); stream
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
one cause; one reason; one factor
relation of cause and effect; causal relationship; causal link; causality
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off; rupture
very likely; very probable
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something
strong-willed; strong of heart
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
technical skill; ability; capacity
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
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
free agent; free agency; factory automation
to take measures (against); to take steps
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
time axis; time basis; timeline