to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
clip-clop; clippety-clop; clamshell cellphone; flip cellphone
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to become desperate; to give way to despair
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
state of (mental) confusion (agitation)
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to collapse into; to flop onto
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
to lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to switch off; to turn off
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
convenient; handy; useful
that's a different matter; that's a different story
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
transmission; communication; circulation; dissemination; diffusion; propagation
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
communication satellite; Broadcast Satellite; BS
secret; private; surreptitious
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
literally; to the letter; literal
(person treated as a) plaything
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
street; quarter; district; area
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
breach of faith; breach of trust; act of disloyalty
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly