service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
to continue to do; to persist in doing
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
voyage; passage; travelling
to find somebody's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
going upstream; sailing against the current
never mind!; don't worry about it
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
period of time; time slot; time zone
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
framework (of a building); foundation; mainstay; support; supporter
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
resident employee; local staff; representative of a local office; employee assigned to an office
adjustment; retouching (in photography)
mostly involve; principally involve
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
to stop midway; to interrupt
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
with no effort at all; easily
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
superiority; predominance
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal