to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
how many nights; some nights; several nights; a number of nights
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
news flash; prompt report; bulletin; quick announcement
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
infection; contagion; becoming infected; being infected (e.g. with harmful ideas); being influenced (by)
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
as (it is); remaining (in a state); with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on); while (e.g. standing, alive); as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); according to