concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
in succession; one after another
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
beyond that point; after that
mysterious power of words to alter reality
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
rejection; negation; voting down
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
but; however; provided that
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
point in question (at issue)
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
right (to do something); authority; power
ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
all present; all concerned; all of us
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person
oldest member of a group; longest-serving member
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
dive (e.g. into water); (underwater) diving; dive (of an aircraft)
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to lose sight of; to miss
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
emergency landing; forced landing; crash landing