duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
to comb down; to smooth down
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
person requiring special attention; person to be wary of; person under (police) surveillance; dangerous person
had better ...; had better not ...
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
the other day; lately; recently
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
clanging; empty; deserted
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
frequency (of occurrence)
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to say no more; to sink into silence
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)