main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
honest; trustworthy; upright; sincere
cord; strap; thong; string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
sooner or later; in time; eventually
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
development (of land); preparation (e.g. of ground for housing); reclamation; creation
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
opening and shutting; opening and closing
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to quicken one's pace (steps)
eardrum; tympanic membrane
appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
to bring back; to restore
putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
to hinder; to obstruct; to adversely affect
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
server; (cake) server; (water) dispenser; server (tennis, volleyball, etc.)
cookie; biscuit; cookie (browser-related file sent from a WWW server)
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
ahem; cough-cough; noise in lieu of a comment or contrary view
quirk of fate; curious coincidence; happy chance
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
to be uneasy; to be anxious; to fear
beginning; clue; starting point
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to incur someone's enmity
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
avoided by everybody; disliked by everybody; (lit.) not even a dog will eat (it)