prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
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.)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
living by oneself; living alone
clerk; office worker; office staff
main question; real issue at hand
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
story; tale; talk; discussion
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
end; close; finish; end of play (in go)
in the mountains; among the mountains
is something that; is that which
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
victim; injured party; sufferer
very likely; very probable
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said