Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
convenient; handy; useful
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
worst; worst-case (scenario)
to take someone's life; to kill someone
original inhabitant; aboriginal; previous priest
the times; an age; a day and age
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
right under; directly below; right beneath
a few seconds; several seconds
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to grow angry; to display one's anger
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
first generation; founder
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...