online shopping; e-commerce; mail order
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
high efficiency; high performance
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
microminiature; ultraminiature; ultra-small
dictaphone; dictation system
pipe shaft (in a building); riser shaft
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
secret savings; secret stash; money hidden away
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
after that; afterwards; thereafter
unexpectedly; suddenly; abruptly
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
as (for); for; in the capacity of
as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to bring back; to restore
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever