good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
tumor; tumour; swelling; boil; abscess
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to move (house); to change residence
motherland; fatherland; native country
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to look forward to something
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
a lot; to a very great extent; absolutely
karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
band-man (member of a musical band); bandsman
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
sense of rhythm; rhythmical sense
aptitude; aptness; suitability
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
to use up all one's strength
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
power; authority; influence
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
musical composition; melody writing; song writing
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh