machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
cool; stylish; good-looking; fashionable; sexy
influence; clout; leverage
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
if it is the case that ...
taste; liking; preference
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
such; like that; that sort of; very
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
warmly; cordially; with tender care
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to turn towards; to point
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
lazybones; good-for-nothing; idler; slacker; loafer
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
shamelessly; brazenly; coolly; fast flowing (of water)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
one end; an end; part; fragment
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful