safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
stairs; stairway; staircase
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to start for home; to head for home; to make for home
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
telephone call; telephone (device)
company president; manager; director
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)