unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
unenforceability; impossibility of performance
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
patient; unhurried; leisurely
very careful; thoroughly prepared
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to be fated to; be linked by fate
to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
in turns; alternately; in order
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
very interesting; of great interest
source of information; intelligence source; message source
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
behind with everything; too late; reactive
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
longing; great desire; aspiration
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
evening meal; supper; dinner
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
that is to say; so that means