praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
until now; so far; up to the present
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
please; somehow or other; one way or another
you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to throw oneself (into an activity)
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
to happen to have on hand or in stock
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
having said that; be that as it may
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
treatment (of a person); dealing with
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
voluntary; optional; free; elective
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover