to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
bygones; the past; past event
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
perfect; complete; flawless
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
password; watchword; motto; slogan
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
to complain; to make a complaint