and yet; though; when; in spite of
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
low-level; trivial; coarse; low-dimension
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
corpuscle; minute particle; particulate
the world; the earth; this world (as opposed to heaven)
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
rewritable (e.g. magneto-optical CD)
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
addict; junkie; substance abuser
to continue to do; to persist in doing
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
first generation; founder
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to say no more; to sink into silence
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
material; substance; matter
to be surprised; to be astonished
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
feeling; sense; impression