terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
ill will; malice; evil intent
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
to give directions; to issue instructions
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
to become empty; to be emptied
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method
investigation; research; looking something up
to step forward; to take a step forward
casually; nonchalantly; easily; without difficulty; as if nothing had happened
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
failure; mistake; blunder
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
with a bang (clash, bump)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way