in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
how; in what way; by what means
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
rest; break; recess; intermission
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
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
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
perfect; complete; flawless
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
personal identification number; PIN; password number
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
one-by-one; separately; in detail
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness