convenience; user-friendliness
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
quirk of fate; curious coincidence; happy chance
establishment; founding; setting (a record)
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
chivalrous spirit; chivalry
small fraction; small proportion
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
speech; expression; wording; language
regarding with apprehension; viewing with anxiety
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
chronological order; time series
ordinary citizen; the general public
to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
preferential treatment; privilege; favor; benefit; incentive
to grant permission; to give permission
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
color spotting; color irregularity; color spots