three; three years of age
with a bang; with a bam; with a wham
stir-fried shrimp in chili sauce
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
close; intimate; on good terms
choices; alternatives; options
resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
a second time; again; once more; twice
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
dozens; scores of; decades
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
trouble; bother; annoyance
turn; turn (melodic ornament); turn (in a game)
threesome (sexual activity)
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation