to be smart; to be cool; to be sharp; to be stylish
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest
addition and deletion; taking out and putting in; plugging and unplugging; making do; getting by; managing
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab