workers; employees; people on duty
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
God only knows; it's anyone's call; heaven knows
there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
generation; the world; the age
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy (person); lackadaisical
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
society; the world; the times
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
study; research; investigation