to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
is something that; is that which
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to set (e.g. a diamond); to plug in (to a formula); to entrap; to take (someone) in
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
thread (of execution); thread (on an Internet forum, mailing list, etc.); topic; conversation
course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
being somewhat excited (agitated)
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
snapping back (at someone) despite being in the wrong; getting mad back
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
cooperative buying; group buying; joint purchase
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to carry through; to achieve; to complete
real experience; actual observations
inheritance; something given or received
one bundle; one sheaf; one hundred
arrow length; bundle of arrows
to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
free (of charge); gratuitous