brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
doing whatever one pleases
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
to take over; to hand over
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
Parent-Teacher Association; PTA
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend