feeling of a house or a room
shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
support; backing; aid; assistance
wounded person; injured person
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
perfect score; full marks; perfect; entirely satisfactory; excellent
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
to be lacking in options; to be too few
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
incommunicative; taciturn
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
decisive battle of brief duration
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
decrease; reduction; decline
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
be (that) as it may; having said that
to be a good match (for); to stand a chance (against); to be able to compete (with); to hold one's own
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
large amount of money; great cost
highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability