joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to try to make a favourable impression; to appeal
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
conviction; belief; confidence
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
because of; owing to; due to
to refer to; to use as reference
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
full use; extensive use; complete utilization
template; run of the mill; formulaic
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
addition; adding; supplement
with a clink (of metal); with a chink
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
trivial; not amounting to much
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
you (plural); all of you; you all
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to be silent; to say nothing
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food