disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
forevermore; for eternity
to brave a danger; to take a risk
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; cleaning; removing; trap
to set on end (hair, fur, etc.); to make stand on end; to bristle; to ruffle (up); to raise (one's eyebrows)
feeling of a house or a room
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
wounded person; injured person
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
to be lacking in options; to be too few
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
incommunicative; taciturn
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
decisive battle of brief duration
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
decrease; reduction; decline
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to be a good match (for); to stand a chance (against); to be able to compete (with); to hold one's own
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
sanity; consciousness; soberness
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability
white heat; incandescence; (emitting) white light; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation