single cell; simple-minded; one-track-minded
pluralizing suffix; nickname-forming suffix
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
idle talk; chit-chat; gossip
to bestow (esp. of a god); to grant
money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
such; like that; in that way
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed
flight; desertion; escape
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
retreat; retirement; depression (hole)
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live in luxury; to be proud; to be haughty
good humour (humor); good mood
application; request; petition
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet
several varieties; several kinds; several species
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)
definite; certain; decided; fixed; settled
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
trivial matter; trifling thing; something ordinary
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
storage; preservation; stocking; hoarding (of goods or money without productive use)
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
mid-to-long term; medium and long term
probability; likelihood; chances
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable