to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
bashful; shameful; ashamed
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
second grade; second class; secondary
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
occasional; infrequent; rare
letter; missive; note; mail
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
back country; remote countryside
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
London Paddington station
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction