terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
matter of time; question of time
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to be needed; to be wanted
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
conviction; belief; confidence
command; lead; generalship; leadership
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
literally; to the letter; literal
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
considerably; fairly; quite
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing