clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
how long; how far; how much
technical skill; ability; capacity
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
source of information; intelligence source; message source
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
inside story; the real story (behind something); story not generally known
tidbit; titbit; digression; sidebar; snippet
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
same crime; being equally guilty
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
private; exclusive; secret
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
east, west, south and north
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
in proportion to; just as much as
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering