grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
can do nothing but ...; have no choice but to ...; there is nothing to do but ...; cannot help ...
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
long telephone conversation; being on the phone for a long time
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
guidance; leadership; leading the way
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
visitor to a sick or distressed person; hospital visitor; inquirer
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
application; request; petition
at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
pointing out; identification
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement