to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
to find out; to discover; to detect
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
relation; connection; relevance
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
unprecedented; never seen before
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
delusion; trick of the imagination
to do someone in; to bump someone off
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
integrity; consistency; conformity; compliance
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to hammer out the details; to work out details
rational; reasonable; logical
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy