let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
close coverage (of an event, celebrity, etc.); close reporting; total coverage
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
to manage something successfully; to be successful
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
to flare up; to burst into flames
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
future; possible; potential; prospective
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
liking; being fond of; liking (romantically); being in love with; faddism; eccentricity
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned