stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
straight talk; plain speaking; speaking frankly
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
mockery; derision; ridicule
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
last days; the end; one's fate
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire
pointing out; identification
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to be lacking in options; to be too few
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
head (of a Japanese pipe, i.e. the bowl and shank); neck; head
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
everybody; every last one of them; all
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
is something that; is that which
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)