to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
attendant; valet; servant; follower
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)
confidence; trust; faith; credit
price; cost; value; worth; value
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
speech and conduct; words and actions; words and deeds; behavior; behaviour; manners
condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
no!; no no!; no, not at all
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face