I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
living alone; solitude; solitary life
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
cheerfully; joyously; joyfully; happily; lightheartedly; excitedly
as before; as ever; as it was originally
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
nasal hair; nose hair; being infatuated with women; fool
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
midwinter; dead of winter
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
homosexual (person); gay person
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
to keep away; to keep at a distance
cruel; hard-hearted; harsh; unkind
to refuse; to decline; to deny
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
point-scoring; scoring Brownie points