to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
holding two or more positions concurrently
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
Pareto principle; Pareto's law; 80-20 rule
society; the world; the times
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to be helpful; to be useful
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
nothing but; except; no more than
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to start working; to take action
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
by myself; in person; by oneself
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal